Beachampton No. 2 / Becchampton / Becentone / Bechehamton / Bechentone
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 July 2008 by Mr Biz [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/881491] [accessed 7 January 2016]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Kelly, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 August 2015 by Dave Kelly [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4594974] [accessed 7 January 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17183BEA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin [aka St. Mary the Virgin's]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Thornton Road, Beachampton, Buckinghamshire, MK19 6DT
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A422, 8 km E of Buckingham, 8 km W of Milton Keynes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Rowley [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Buckingham
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There are three entries for Beachampton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP7737/beachampton/] [accessed 7 January 2016], none of which mention cleric or church in it. Sheahan (1862), reporting before the renovation that was to take place a few years later, described the existing font at that time as "plain and circular". The Architect (issue of 2 August 1873) reports on the completion of renovations under the direction of G.E. Street, for which a new font was donated by "the farmers' wives". The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "No detail survives of an earlier period than the north arcade of the nave, which is of the first half of the 14th century [...] The church was restored in 1873–4, and again more recently [...] The font and fittings are modern." [NB: we have no other information on the earlier font of this church, other than Sheahan's brief account -- this font could not be the one in Llanymynech [cf. Index entry] as it was installed in that church in 1845 -- cf. Index entry for Beachampton No. 1]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.0272,
-0.8779
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 1′ 37.92″ N,
0° 52′ 40.44″ W
UTM: 30U 645587 5766189
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-12-15 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