Upper Heyford / Heyford Warren

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: view of the nave and west end through the chancel arch; the modern font is visible at the far end

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14509HEY
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Walk, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire OX6 3LQ
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B4030, 25-30 km N of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Hirtlington [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Ploughley
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Church Notes: original 11thC church; modified 15th and mid-19thC
There are three entries for [Lower and Upper] Heyford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/lower-and-upper-heyford/] [accessed 12 December 2016], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 6, 1959) notes: "There was a church in Upper Heyford by 1074, when a grant of its tithes was made (see below). A priest is recorded in about 1180. [...] Of the medieval building only the tower remains. [...] before the 19th-century restoration it was largely of 15th-century date"; there is no font mentioned in the VCH entry for this parish. The Cherchwell Valley Benefice [http://www.cherwellvalleybenefice.org.uk] [accessed 25 April 2009] notes: "The present church, St Mary's, was largely rebuilt in the 1860s, only the medieval tower is retained." [NB: we have no information on the font of the 11th-century church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.928531, -1.282982
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 55′ 42.71″ N, 1° 16′ 58.73″ W
UTM: 30U 618058 5754482