Hillesden / Hildesdun / Ilesdone / Ulesdone

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view of church exterior - south view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 15808HIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints [St. Nicholas?]
Church Location: Church End, Hillesden, Buckinghamshire MK18 4DB
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A421, SSW of Buckingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Rowley [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Buckingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, by the last column of the S arcade of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] / [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith and to Peter Austin for their photographs of this font
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for Hillesden [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP6828/hillesden/] [accessed 15 January 2016], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Sheahan (1862) notes a plain font in this church [but he names the church as St. Nicholas']. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4 (1927) notes: "The church of Hillesden was granted to Nutley Abbey before 1164 by Walter Giffard and Ermengard his wife [...] The present building is a very fine and complete example of the style of the late 15th century, having been rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, shortly after the year 1493 [...] The church which it replaced was probably a 12th-century cruciform building [...] The font is circular and stands upon an octagonal stem of later date than the bowl, which is of the 13th-century; the oak cover is of the 17th century."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.9534, -1.0036
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 57′ 12.24″ N, 1° 0′ 12.96″ W
UTM: 30U 637190 5757738
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-century?
Material: wood, oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-01-10 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Sheahan, James Joseph, History and topography of Buckinghamshire, comprising a general survey of the county, preceded by an epitome of the early history of Great Britain, London; Pontefract: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; William Edward Bonas [...], 1862