Shinfield / Selingefelle / Shenfeld / Shenyngfeld / Shineingfeild / Shinfeild / Shinwills / Shyningfeild [disappeared?

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary the Virgin, Shinfield. Grade 1 listed building erected in the 12th century."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Ford, 2002

Image Source: photograph taken in 2002 by Michael Ford [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1525484] [accessed 26 March 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17759SHI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Lane, Shinfield, Berkshire, RG2 9BY
Country Name: England
Location: Berkshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the A327, just S of Reading and the M4
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Charldon [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Carlton
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
There is an entry for Shinfield [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SU7268/shinfield/] [accessed 26 March 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) notes: "The church appears to date from the last half of the 12th century, to which period the north doorway belongs" but mentions no font in this church. The Benefice of Loddon Reach web site [www.loddonreach.org.uk/shinfield2.htm] [accessed 28 November 2011] reports the move of the font in 1936, surely the modern font here: "In 1936, work to prevent the font sinking revealed a brass plate recording George and Mary Mitford, parents of Mary Russell Mitford, beneath the Victorian tiles. [...] Removal of the font revealed that it had previously been placed directly over the Mitford grave." [NB: we have no information on the original font of the 12th-century church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.406955, -0.950568
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 24′ 25.04″ N, 0° 57′ 2.05″ W
UTM: 30U 642539 5697074

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-28 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.