Windsor No. 2

The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) notes: "There is no mention of a church at New Windsor until the 12th century. The new settlement which had grown up under the walls of the castle probably at first formed part of the parish of Clewer. It is not possible to ascertain the exact date at which a church was built at New Windsor, but by 1189–90 it had outstripped in importance the church at Old Windsor [...] The present church was rebuilt in 1822, though the chancel and vestries were again rebuilt in 1871." NB: there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry]. The present baptismal font consists of an octagonal basin consisting of an octagnal basin with deeply-carved sides decorated with floral motifs, and at least one charged shield, inscribed in cupsed quatrefoils; the underbowl chamfer has graded moulding on the upper half, the lower one adorned with a variey of floral motifs (Tudor rose, ball flower, etc.); the stem has mouldings at top and bottom, and trefoiled arches or windows with inscribed floral motifs on the panels. Raised on a thin polygonal plinth with keenling projection. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decorations and ring handle. Both font and cover probably 19th-century. [NB: there has been a parish church on this site probably since ca. 1100, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this place]