Upper Winchendon / Over Winchendon / Upwynchendon / Uvere Wincedona / Wichendone / Witchende

There is an entry for [Upper] Winchendon [variant spelling] in the Domesday [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP7414/upper-winchendon/] [accessed 6 January 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Lipscomb (1831- ) writes: "The font is very large, in the form of a drinking-glass, resting on a short octagon pedestal, and standing under the central arch between the nave and north aisle." Sheahan (1862) writes: "the font is very large and in the form of a drinking cup, and has a carved oak cover". Described in the RCAHM (Buckinghamshire, 1912- ). Noted in the Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927): "The church, which belonged to the priory of St. Frideswide in the 12th century [...] and probably from its foundation, [...] followed the descent of the manor [...] The earliest detail which can be dated with certainty is the mid-12th-century south doorway of the nave, but the plain north arcade suggests the addition of an aisle at an earlier period to an already existing nave [...] In modern times the church has been completely restored. [...] The font has a plain round bowl, dating probably from the 12th century, on a modern stem, and an early 17th-century cover constructed from a pulpit canopy" [i.e., sounding board]. Described and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008): "plain tub font on a later octagonal stem with a moulded base and capital. The rim of the bowl has a large crack at the NE with lead visible inside, and a mortar repair opposite at the SW indicates the places where lock staples were removed. The entire E half of the upper section is broken horizontally, some 0.15 m below the rim, and below this crack is an extensive, triangular mortar repair. The bowl is lead lined and stained with fungus on the N side."