Wexham
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17430WEX
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Lane, Wexham, Buckinghamshire, SL3 6LH
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 4 km NE of Slough, near the border with Berks.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Stoke
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
N entry found for Wexham in the Domesday survey. Sheahan (1862) reports a piscina remaining on the "small, plain, ancient building" of the church, but does not mention a font in it. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) notes that the nave of this church "dates from the 12th century", but does not mention a font in it either. The present font consists of a ridiculously small round stone basin raised on a thick pedestal base; it is located at the west end of the nave, beneath the window. [NB: we have no information on the original medieval font].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.5239,
-0.5709
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 31′ 26.04″ N,
0° 34′ 15.24″ W
UTM: 30U 668511 5710884
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-05-26 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