Beenham / Beneham / Beyham
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 March 2015 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4374544] [accessed 26 March 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17761BEE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Lane, Beenham, Berkshire, RG7 5NN
Site Location: Berkshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 11 km E of Newbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Reading
Additional Comments: destroyed font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) notes: "The church of Beenham [...] appears in the list of churches confirmed to the monastery by Archbishop Hubert (1193–1205) [...] An old print of the former church on this site shows some 13th-century lancets and a 16th-century window. This building was struck by lightning in 1794 and burnt to the ground. [...] The first register begins in 1562, but contains a few entries for 1544". There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font; it may have been destroyed in the 1794 fire].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 628940 5697318
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.4124, -1.1459
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 24′ 44.64″ N, 1° 8′ 45.24″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.