Warfield / Warfeld / Warwelt / Werrefeld

INFORMATION

FontID: 17753WAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel [aka St, Michael and All Angels']

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: Church Lane, Warfield, Berkshire, RG42 6EG

Country Name: England

Location: Berkshire, South East

Directions to Site: Located near Bracknell

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford

Historical Region: Hundred of Wargrave

Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman

Font Notes: Click to view

There is an entry for Warfield [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SU8872/warfield/] [accessed 23 March 2015]; it mentions a priest and church lands in it. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) notes: "One hide of land in Warfield was held in 1086 by a priest from Geoffrey de Mandeville [...] The oldest part of the [church] building is the north aisle, which dates back to the 13th century," The VCH entry mentions no font. [NB: we do not have any information on the medieval font here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.4411, -0.7353

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 26′ 27.96″ N, 0° 44′ 7.08″ W

UTM: 30U 657392 5701312

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.