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view of church exterior - south view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17348BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 15 Bedford Road, Cold Brayfield, Milton Keynes MK46 4HS
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the A428 [aka Bedford Rd.], near Lavendon, 6 km E of Olney, 8 km N of Newport, 13 km W of Bedford, by the border with Beds.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ocford
Historical Region: Hundred of Newport
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Font Notes:
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No entry found for Cold Brayfield in the Domesday survey. Sheahan (1862) notes: "the font, which is small and plain, is supported by a fluted circular column placed on an octagonal basement." The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "The church appears to have been built shortly before it was granted to Harrold Priory a little before the middle of the 12th century [...] The font is octagonal, but preserves no detail to indicate its date." Pevsner & Williamson (1994: 258) describe the font here as "Small, post-Reformation". [NB: the description of the font in the VCH does not appear to match those in Sheahan or Pevsner & Williamson -- we have no information on the font of the original church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.160623, -0.643036
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 9′ 38.24″ N, 0° 38′ 34.93″ W
UTM: 30U 661216 5781523
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-04-12 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