Thornton nr. Buckingham / Ternitone / Thornton-cum-Nash / Ternitone / Thorington / Torentona / Torentone / Torintuna / Tornton / Turinton

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 June 2015 by Philip Jeffrey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4514377] [accessed 26 January 2016]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 17328THO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1219?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: Thornton, Buckinghamshire MK17 0HJ
Site Location: Buckinghamshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5-6 km ENE of Buckingham
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (The one from the ca. 1219 church here?)
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Thornton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP7535/thornton/] [accessed 26 January 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Sheahan (1862) notes that the date of the original church is uncertain, the present building being the result of a major restoration in 1850: "The new font was given by the late Mrs. Hart, mother of the late Hon. Mrs. Cavendish." The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "Reference to this church occurs as early as 1219, [...] but the structure of that period was entirely rebuilt in the 14th century", and reports several "drastic restorations" through the centuries, the last one in "1850, when the fabric was generally repaired." The VCH does not mention a font in this church. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 642932 5762751

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. 314