Hardmead No. 1 / Hardmed / Haremede / Harewemede / Harlemede / Harmede / Herouldmede / Herulfmede / Horelmede / Hormead

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17356HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary [aka St. Mary's]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: This church has been under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches since 1982
Church Address: Hardmead, Milton Keynes MK16 9JY
Site Location: Buckinghamshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A422, 7 km SE of Olsney, 9 km NE of Newton-Pagnell
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Mulsoe [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Newport
Additional Comments: damaged font / disused font / fragments (12thC font) -- disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday-time church here)
Font Notes:
There are two entries for Hardmead [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP9347/hardmead/] [accessed 22 February 2016], one of which mentions a church in it. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: " Evidence of the existence of a church here in the 12th century is given by the fragments of a font of that date now fixed in the wall on either side of the south doorway, but no other detail of that period survives." [cf. Index entry for Hardmead No. 2 for the late-medieval font in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 661859 5776977
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.1196, -0.6358
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 7′ 10.56″ N, 0° 38′ 8.88″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.