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view of church exterior - south view

NB: this building no longer functions as a church; it has been deconsecrated and is now a private dwelling
Scene Description: NB: this building no longer functions as a church; it has been deconsecrated and is now a private dwelling
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © R~P~M, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 December 2008 by R~P~M [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpmarks/3085053223/]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 17337PIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles [deconsecrated]
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 4 km NE of Waddesdon, 6 km S of Winslow, 12 km NW of Aylesbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Ashendon
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Church Notes: The Church of St. Giles, originally from the Early English period, renovated in the 1860s; now deconsecrated and turned into a private residence: Other fittings have been sold and dispersed. Building due to be converted to house at time of listing. RCHM II p. 235-6." [in British Listed Buildings [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-42187-church-of-st-giles-pitchcott]]
Font Notes:
No entry for Pitchcott found in the Domesday survey. Lipscomb (1831- ) writes: "The font, which is octagonal (the bason nineteen inches in diameter and eleven inches deep) is supported by a fluted pillar." In Sheahan (1862), after Lipscomb; Sheahan (ibid.) describes the church as "a plain edifice, chiefly in the Early English Style. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes [after Lipscomb, 1847] : "The church was in a most dilapidated condition in 1817", and that it was restored in 1864. The VCH (ibid.) notes: "The chancel dates from the first half of the 13th century, and the nave is of earlier date, though none of its original windows or doorways has survived", but mentions no font in it. [NB: the church building was deconsecrated -no exact date available yet, but before 2001- sold and turned into a private dwelling; we have no information on the whereabouts of the medieval font; it could very well have been replaced in the mid-19th century restoration].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.875446, -0.875783
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 52′ 31.61″ N, 0° 52′ 32.82″ W
UTM: 30U 646225 5749318

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 47.5 cm*
Basin Depth: 27.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Lipscomb (1831- )

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-04-07 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