Stowe nr. Buckingham / Stou

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Stowe parish church is dedicated to St Mary and is situated in the grounds of Stowe Landscape Gardens near to the house."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Halling, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 June 2008 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/837833] [accessed 26 January 2016]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior of St Mary's Church. View from the gallery overlooking the nave and chancel. The large east window is from around 1330 and has stained glass presented to the church in 1890 by Lady Kinloss [...] Lady Kinloss was the wife of Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos".

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trevor Rickard, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2010 by Trevor Rickard [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2472692] [accessed 26 January 2016]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © dragontree, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph 2 February 2010 by dragontree [www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM85MN_Font_St_Marys_Church_Stowe_Buckinghamshire_UK] [accessed 26 January 2016]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17327STO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Stowe, Buckinghamshire MK18 5EH
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 3 km NNW of Buckingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Stotfold [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Buckingham
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1130?
Century and Period: 12th century (early?), Norman
There is an entry for this Stowe [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP6737/stowe/] [accessed 26 January 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Sheahan (1862) notes a suggested dating of the early 15th century for the fabric of the church but does not mention a font in it. The Victoria County History notes: "The church of Stowe formed with the manor part of the endowment of the college in St. George's Church, Oxford Castle, first mention being found of it in the confirmation charter of 1130. [...] The earliest detail in the building is the late 13thcentury nave arcade". The Parish web site [http://stowechurch.org.uk/history.html] notes: "The earliest parts of the church building date from 1270, when the present nave and chancel were built." The present font is an absurd baluster shape made of twisting and bulging stone topped with an equally ridiculous little cover; probably 18th-century. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.03, -1.0161
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 1′ 48″ N, 1° 0′ 57.96″ W
UTM: 30U 636098 5766233

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-05-31 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