Stowe nr. Buckingham / Stou
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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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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]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
![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".](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160126009_compressed.png)
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]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17327STO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1130?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (early?), Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Stowe, Buckinghamshire MK18 5EH
Site Location: Buckinghamshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km NNW of Buckingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Stotfold [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Buckingham
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the early-12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 636098 5766233
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.03, -1.0161
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 1′ 48″ N, 1° 0′ 57.96″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. 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, p. 309