Stantonbury / Stanton Barry / Stanton Bury / Stantonbarry / Stantonbury with New Bradwell / Stantone

There is an entry for Stanton[bury] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8442/stantonbury/] [accessed 25 February 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church here. Sheahan (1862) notes: "The font is large and of the same shape as the pulpit [i.e., octagonal] with trefoil-headed arches on its sides." The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "The church of Stantonbury formed part of the endowment of Goring Priory in Oxfordshire, as appears from a confirmation charter of 1181, when it was said to be the gift of William and Ralph Barry, brothers. [...] the chancel probably represents an early church to which a new nave [...] was added during the first half of the 12th century [...] The font has a circular bowl developing below to an octagonal shape, somewhat in the form of a tumbler, an octagonal stem and square base. It probably dates from the 12th century, but the panels were recut in the 17th century." Sheahan (ibid.) notes also the new church in New Bradwell, incorporated to the civil parish of Stantonbury in 1857; the font of this church "was given [...] by Lady Chandos (now Duchess of Buckingham)". [NB: the roof of the church collapsed in 1956; a ruin in 1973; whereabouts of the font unknown].