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view of church exterior - south view

the former parish church became a private dwelling in the 1970s
Scene Description: the former parish church became a private dwelling in the 1970s
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Jeffrey, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 April 2013 by Philip Jeffrey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3432352] [accessed 16 January 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17320FOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leonard [a private dwelling since the 1970s]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard
Church Notes: first recorded rector in 1220; church became private dwelling in the 1970s
Church Address: 2 Foscott Cottages, Buckingham MK18 6AE
Site Location: Buckinghamshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just N of Maids Moreton, 3 km NE of Buckingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Buckingham
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the mid-12thC church here)
Font Notes:
No entry for Foscott found in the Domesday survey. Sheahan (1862) notes: "The font is small and plain." The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "Presentation to the church at Foscott was made in 1220 by Walter de la Hay, lord of Foscott [...] The church was apparently built in the middle of the 12th century [...] in 1887 the church was restored", but does not mention a font in it. [NB: the font noted in Sheahan [cf. supra] is probably a later one; we have no information on the medieval font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 640122 5764688
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.015117, -0.958113
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 0′ 54.42″ N, 0° 57′ 29.21″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Castilla y León: paisaje, arte, historia y tradición, León: Edilesa, 1999, Buckingham, vol. 4: 170-172 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp170-172] [accessed 15 January 2016]