Wolverton nr. Stony Stratford / Wlregton / Wlverintone / Wolfrington / Wolverington / Wlueruntone / Wulvrinton

There is an entry for this Wolvertone [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8141/wolverton/] [accessed 8 March 2016], but it mentions no church in it. Sheahan (1862) notes that the fabric of the church "was completed in 1815", but uses the term "re-erected", without mention of the earlier church; a font is noted, "of Bath stone [...] upon a clustered column". The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "The ancient church [Holy Trinity] dated from the 12th century [...] The tower dates from the 14th century and the rest of the structure from 1815." [there is no mention of a font in the VCH]. The Wolverton's Ecclesiastical History - IX Wolverton St Mary page [http://wolvertonpast.blogspot.com/2011/02/wolvertons-ecclesiastical-history-ix.html] notes: "When looking at the west wall it should be borne in mind that the font originally stood nearby, to the left as you enter, on a square of decorative floor tiles which still exists below the present boarded floor [...] he font is in the Gothic style. It is mid 19th century and of Bath stone. Faint stencil patterns can still be made out on the stonework which was damaged when it was moved to its present position at the re-ordering. The towering font canopy is later and designed by Edward Swinfen Harris. The body of the gilded dove from which it is suspended hides a rise­-and-fall mechanism." [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the medieval font]. [NB: the other two churches in Wolverton, St. George the Martyr's -circular and sculpted font, according th Sheahan (ibid.)- and St. Mary the Virgin's are both mid-19th century].