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INFORMATION
FontID: 17731WIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RB
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located NE of Didcot
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Sutton [in Domesday] -- formerly in Berkshire -- Hundred of Ock
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for [Little] Wittenham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU5693/little-wittenham/] [accessed 1 June 2015]; it mentons a church in it. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "There was a church in the manor in 1086, [...] and the advowson descended with the manor until the sale of the latter to William Hallet in 1788. [...] With the exception of the 14th-century west tower the church was entirely rebuilt in 1863 [...] The 15th century font is octagonal, with a moulded base."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.637465, -1.183251
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 38′ 14.87″ N, 1° 10′ 59.71″ W
UTM: 30U 625721 5722280
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.