Watlington nr. Wallingford / Watelintone

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view of church exterior - west tower

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view of font

Scene Description: the new font made in 1897 Messrs. Blackler & Sons

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the new font made in 1897 Messrs. Blackler & Sons

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14483WAT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Church Location: Pyrton Lane, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5LX
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located at the B480-B4009 crossroads, 7-8 km NE of Wallingford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Pyrton
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1129?
Century and Period: 12th century (early?), Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
There are three entries for this Watlington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU6894/watlington/] [accessed 15 January 2017], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 8, 1964) notes that: "The church is first mentioned in Robert d'Oilly's foundation grant to Oseney Abbey in 1129 […] In 1743 […] the font had not been moved in accordance with Bishop Secker's wish […] In 1808 a new font was installed near the south door, the old one having been broken when it was moved in 1806; it was made by Hudson of Oxford for £13 17s. And was a 'Gothic stone font with marble bason and top compleat, carved dove etc.' […] In 1897 Messrs. Blackler & Sons made a new alabaster and marble font to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria." This latter font is the one reported in Sherwood & Pevsner (1974).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.646946, -1.012823
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 38′ 49.01″ N, 1° 0′ 46.16″ W
UTM: 30U 637485 5723642

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragments(s)

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-04-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Oxfordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1974