Bradenham / Bradeham

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17431BRA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Botolph
Church Patron Saints: St. Botulph [aka St. Botolph, Botolph of Thorney, Botulf]
Church Location: The Green, Bradenham Woods Lane, Bradenham, Buckinghamshire, HP14 4HF
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 6 km NW of High Wycombe
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Desborough
Date: ca. 1100?
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
There is an entry for Bradenham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU8297/bradenham/] [accessed 30 September 2015], nut it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Sheahan (1862) remarks on the arch above the south doorway of this church: "late Saxon or early Norman workmanship", but does not mention a baptismal font in this church. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) notes: "The earliest part of the church is the nave, built probably about 1100", and reports that the baptism registers start in 1627, but does not mention a font either. [NB: the church was restored in the 1860s by G.E. Street, who supplied the present font; we have no information on the medieval font here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.666587, -0.804179
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 39′ 59.71″ N, 0° 48′ 15.04″ W
UTM: 30U 651853 5726239

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