Little Wittenham / Abbas Witnam / East Wittenham / Lytell Wytnam / Whyteman / Witeham / Witnam / Witteham / Wittenham / Wittingham / Wyttenham
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view of church exterior - south view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17731WIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RB
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 1086 church?)
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
UTM: 30U 625721 5722280
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.637465, -1.183251
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 38′ 14.87″ N, 1° 10′ 59.71″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.