Shalstone / Celdestane / Celdestone / Saldistone / Scheldestone / Shaldeston / Shalleston / Shalston

INFORMATION

FontID: 17326SHA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Edward the Confessor
Church Patron Saints: St. Edward the Confessor
Church Location: Main Street, Shalstone, Buckinghamshire MK18 5LX
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A422, 6 km NW of Buckingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Stotfold [in Domesday] - Hundred of Buckingham
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
There are two entries for Shalstone [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP6436/shalstone/] [accessed 21 January 2016], neither of which mentins cleric or church in it. Sheahan (1862) reports a new font of Caen stone installed in 1828: "octagonal in shape, with a text sculptured on the rim, and the following on the base--'To the Glory of God and in memory of James Gould and Marianne his wife'". The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "The advowson of the parish church has always followed the same descent as the manor, the first mention being found of it in 1230. [...] The church was rebuilt in 1828, the only old detail remaining being the octagonal piers and responds of the arcade of three bays on the north side of the nave, which are of the 15th century. A restoration was undertaken in 1862, and in 1889 the vestry with organ was added by Mrs. Fitz Gerald as a memorial to Captain Keane Fitz Gerald. The fittings are modern." [NB: the medieval church was said to go back to 1195, but we have no information on the whereabouts of the earlier font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 632695 5765406

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-04-05 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