Lower Winchendon / Little Winchenden / Lower Wynchindon / Nether Winchendon / Nether Winchindon / Nether Winchington / Nether Wynchedon / Winchedon / Winchende / Wichendone / Wichintona / Witchende / Wychydone Inferior / Wynchedon / Wynchedone Desous

There is an entry for [Lower] Winchendon [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP7312/lower-winchendon/] [accessed 6 January 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Lipscomb (1831- ) writes: "The font, which stands at the north side of the nave, is octagonal, large, and plain." In Sheahan (1862), after Lipscomb. The RCAHM (1912) dates this font to the 15th century. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "The church was granted with the manor [...] to Nutley Abbey [...] In the 12th and 13th centuries it was described as a chapel of the church of Long Crendon. [...] The chancel and nave were rebuilt in the first half of the 14th century, but the existence of an earlier building is shown by the late 13th-century chancel arch [...] In 1891 the chancel was partially rebuilt, and the whole fabric has been restored. [...] The font, dating from the 15th century, has an octagonal bowl and a moulded base." The font is rather uncharacteristic for the time period: the basin is tub-like, albeit octagonal, the upper angles chamfered towards the rim, otherwise plain; the base is also octagonal but squat, but several mouldings around the upper end. The wooden cover is flat and plain, with a large acorn [egg-in-cup?] finial/handle; probably modern.