Drayton nr. Abingdon / Drægtune / Draigtun / Draiton / Draitone / Draitune / Drettun
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2008 by Robin Drayton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/832450] [accessed 28 May 2015]
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robin Drayton, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2008 by Robin Drayton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/832979] [accessed 28 May 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robin Drayton, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2008 by Robin Drayton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/832457] [accessed 28 May 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17727DRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Church Road, Drayton, Oxfordshire, OX14 4JW
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A34, 3 km SSW of Abingdon, in the Vale of White Horse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Sutton [in Domesday] -- formerly in Berkshire -- Hundred of Ock
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for this Drayton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU4794/drayton/] [accessed 28 May 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "Mention of the chapel, which was annexed to St. Helen's, Abingdon, is found for the first time in 1284 [...] The nave, chancel and south chapel were all built in the 13th century [...] The font is circular, tub-shaped and quite plain; the moulded base is perhaps of the 14th century, restored."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.644541, -1.304811
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 38′ 40.35″ N, 1° 18′ 17.32″ W
UTM: 30U 617291 5722865
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-14 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.