Burnham nr. Maidenhead / Burnaham / Burneham

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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Burnham: St Peter's Church. The church with its distinctive chequer-patterned west end dates in parts from the 12th century."
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 January 2009 by Nigel Cox [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1118895] [accessed 27 October 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17423BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Church Street, Burnham, Buckinghamshire SL1 7EW -- Tel.: +44 1628 664338
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the M4, 5 km NW of Slough, 5 km ENE of Maidenhead -- the church is located on Church St, off High St
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Burnham
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Burnham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU9382/burnham/] [accessed 27 October 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Sheahan (1862) reports a church that goes back to the Early English period, but mentions no font in it. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) notes: "The church dates from the 12th century [...] The whole fabric was considerably restored during the 19th century [...] the bell-chamber of the tower, which had been destroyed by fire in the 18th century and rebuilt in timber, was again rebuilt in flint and stone, and a timber spire added in 1892"; there is no mention of its font in the VCH either.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.5328, -0.6599
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 31′ 58.08″ N, 0° 39′ 35.64″ W
UTM: 30U 662306 5711673
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-05-30 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