Beenham / Beneham / Beyham
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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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
FontID: 17761BEE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Lane, Beenham, Berkshire, RG7 5NN
Country Name: England
Location: Berkshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 11 km E of Newbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Reading
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.4124, -1.1459
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 24′ 44.64″ N, 1° 8′ 45.24″ W
UTM: 30U 628940 5697318
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-28 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.