Steeple Claydon / Claindon / Claindone / Claydon Steeple / Stepul Claydone

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17302CLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire MK18 2QF
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 9 km W of Winslow. 10 km S of Buckingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Mow [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Buckingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
There is an entry for [Steeple] Claydon [variant spelling] in te Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP6926/steeple-claydon/] [accessed 22 January 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Sheahan (1862) reports the church is "an ancient structure" and the font "plain and octagonal in shape". The Victoria County History Buckingham (vol. 4, 1927) notes: "Steeple Claydon Church was granted to Oseney Abbey by Robert Deyley in 1129. [...] The chancel dates from about 1380, but the nave has no detail earlier than the 15th century [...] The octagonal font dates from the 15th century and has a 17th-century carved oak cover." [NB: we have no information on the font of the 12th-century church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.934347, -0.975257
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 56′ 3.65″ N, 0° 58′ 30.92″ W
UTM: 30U 639196 5755673

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th century?
Material: wood, oak?
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-03-28 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