Wheatfield / Witefelle

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2010 by Motacilla [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wheatfield_StAndrew_southeast.JPG] [accessed 1 November 2017]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 July 2010 by John Vigar [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1963707] [accessed 1 November 2017]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern [18thC?] font [cf. FontNotes]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14510WHE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Wheatfield, Oxfordshire, OX9 7EW, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the M40, between Watlington and Thame, 7 km S of the latter
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Pyrton
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: The www.westgallerychurches.com web site informs: "The church is currently used as a store (2002) and [...] appears to be kept locked, and the key-holder was not specified on any visible notice board."
There is an entry for Wheatfield [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU6899/wheatfield/] [accessed 1 November 2017], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 8, 1964) notes: "Wheatfield church, a rectory in Aston deanery, was in existence and had a rector by about 1200 [...] The church, small and well cared for, is a medieval building, which was remodelled in the first half of the 18th century [...] Of the medieval building there remain the walls, the chancel arch, a 14th-century south doorway and a later north window [...] All the fittings date from the 18th century [...] There is a contemporary font: a small stone basin on a tall stone pedestal." [NB: we have no information on the original font of this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.687339, -1.004712
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 41′ 14.42″ N, 1° 0′ 16.96″ W
UTM: 30U 637923 5728149

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-04-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.