Ackhampstead / Cadmore / Cadmore End

INFORMATION

FontID: 17432ACK

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Chapel of Achampstead [later replaced by the Church of St. Mary Le Moor, in Cadmore End]

Country Name: England

Location: Buckinghamshire, South East

Historical Region: In Oxfordshire until 1844

A confusing situation regarding these two churches. Sheahan (1862) writes that the Church of St. Maty Le Moor in Cadmore End, near Fingest, was built in 1851, and has a culpted font of that period in it. This church appears to have replaced a medieval (mid-13thC?) chapel at Ackhampstead, chapel that is said to have been demolished by orders of the bishop of Oxford, and Ackhampstead was then incorporated into the parish of Lewknor (Oxon.) [NB: we do not have information on whether the chapel at Ackhampstead had baptismal rights or not].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 650038 5719392

REFERENCES

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