Soulbury / Soleberie

There are six entries for Soulbury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8827/soulbury/] [accessed 23 November 2015], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Sheahan (1862) describes a font in this church: "The font is octagon, with a shield and a lozenge alternately in the middle of each compartment enclosed by a quatrefoil; and the cover is of wood, rising from an octagon base, as a pyramid". The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) notes: "The earliest mention of the church of Soulbury occurs in 1231 [...] The original church consisted of a chancel with an aisleless nave. About the middle of the 14th century the chancel was rebuilt and aisles were added to the old nave. In the next century new windows were inserted in the south aisle and the south porch was built. Early in the 16th century, probably soon after the grant of the church to Woburn Abbey, the arcades of the nave were rebuilt and the north aisle was extended westward, the west tower and the clearstory were built, and new roofs were given to the nave and aisles [...] In 1863 the church was restored [...] The 15th-century font, which has been much restored, is octagonal with quatrefoiled panels."