Bucklebury / Borchedeberie / Borcheldeberie / Borgeldeberie / Borghulbury / Burhildebur

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view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church interior - nave - looking west
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 17762BUC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Bucklebury Village, Berkshire, RG7 6PR
Country Name: England
Location: Berkshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 8 km ENE of Newbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Bucklebury [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Reading
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There are four entries for Bucklebury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SU5570/bucklebury/] [accessed 27 March 2015], one of which mentions a church and half a hide of church lands in it. A font here is described in 'Church notes...' (1887) in the context of some "notes [that] were taken between 1835 and 1840": "Font, modern and ugly". The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) notes: "The church of Bucklebury is mentioned in the Domesday Survey, [...] The original building, which was rather shorter than at present, appears to have been erected in the latter half of the 11th century, and is now represented by a portion of the nave walls, which are 2 ft. 8 in. thick. The elaborately carved south doorway, inserted about 1170 [...] The font in use is modern, but in the aisle is a small marble font of the 18th-century." This modern font is shown in the VCH church interior plan as being located about the middle of the nave, towards the north side; the church has a north aisle as well. [NB: we have no informatin on the font(s) from the medieval church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.43396,
-1.205873
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 26′ 2.26″ N,
1° 12′ 21.14″ W
UTM: 30U 624711 5699612
REFERENCES
"Church notes, chiefly in Berks, Wilts, and Oxford, with a few in Somerset and Gloucestershire", 44, Archaeological Journal, 1887, pp. 43-50; 185-193; 291-303; 397-402; r["References"]
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-28 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.