St. Leonards / Aston Clinton-cum-St. Leonards / Cholesbury-cum-St. Leonards

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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view of church exterior - south view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17312LEO
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Leonard [aka Chapel of St. Leonard]
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Church Location: Chapel Lane, Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards, Buckinghamshire HP23 6NW
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km E of Wendower, 6 km S of Aston Clinton, 7 km S of Tring (Herts.)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Cottesloe [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1845?
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church Notes: original chapel-of-ease to Aston Clinton; probably 15thC [English Heritage Listing NGR: SP9099807065 (1958)]
No entry found for St. Leonards in the Domesday survey. Sheahan (1862) notes that this edifice was probably built on the site of "a Hermitage or Cell "belonging to the Abbey of Missenden. It is probable that it was originally a Chantry Chapel supplied by the monks of Missenden", and adds that the church was restored in 1845-1846, with "a stone font and oak cover of pyramidal form" being presented at that time by Robert Fox, one of the trustees. [NB: we have no information on whether or not a font existed in this chapel-of-ease previously; many of these chapels did].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.7543, -0.6845
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 45′ 15.48″ N, 51° 45′ 15.48″ N, 0° 41′ 4.2″ W 0° 41′ 4.2″ W
UTM: 30U 659819 5736248