Olney / Alney / Ollaneg / Ollanege / Olnea / Olnei / Olneye / Oulney / Ouneia / Ouneya

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design element - motifs - panel

Scene Description: on the sides of the basin of the old font, which is seen here in the background [cf. FontNotes]

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view of church exterior - northwest end

Image Source: photograph taken in 1995 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3265935] [accessed 24 February 2016]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "The Main Road. With the spire of St. Peter & St. Paul rising in the background."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 January 2011 by Cameraman [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2288129] [accessed 24 February 2016]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: igital photograph taken 13 May 2008 by Robin Drayton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/814629] [accessed 24 February 2016]

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view of font

Scene Description: the image shows the two fonts at the west end of the church; in the foreground the Victorian font; in the background the late 16thC font [cf. FontNotes]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: photograph in 1995 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3265956] [accessed 24 February 2016]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17366OLN

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul

Church Location: Church Street, Olney, Milton Keynes MK46 4AD

Country Name: England

Location: Buckinghamshire, South East

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A509, just N of Emberton, W of Clifton Reynes and Newton Blossomville, 12 km from Bedford, Milton Keynes and Northampton

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford

Historical Region: Hundred of Bunsty [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Newport

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 16th century(late?), Reformation

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is en entry for Olney [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8851/olney/] [accessed 24 February 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Sheahan (1862) writes: "The Church [...] is a venerable structure of the 13th century, and was a beautiful building, but the alterations of the last century have destroyed much of its beauty, at least in the interior. It is in the Early Decorated, or middle pointed style of architecture [...] the font is octagonal and plain". The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "A church existed in the parish from a very early period, probably long before 1273, the date of the first known reference [...] but the present structure was built during the middle of the 14th century [...] The font in use is modern, but there is an octagonal font in the north aisle which probably dates from the late 16th century and has a plain stem and base, and a panelled bowl, the upper portion of which appears to have been cut away." The present font is noted in the history of the church [www.mkheritage.co.uk/odhs/ratcliff/olneyparishchurch.html]: "Entering the building by the west door will be noticed the imposing font of Caën stone with oak canopy, recently placed near the west column of the south aisle, upon which is a brass plate inscribed: 'This font was given by the Vicar the Rev J P Langley, June 20, 1897, on the completion of the 60th year of Queen Victoria’s reign'. " [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.1492, -0.7021

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 8′ 57.12″ N, 0° 42′ 7.56″ W

UTM: 30U 657217 5780123

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-04-20 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