Ufton nr. Leamington Spa / Ulchetone / Ulchtune

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INFORMATION
FontID: 17789UFT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Ufton Hill, Ufton, Warwickshire CV33 9PR
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A425, 4 km W of Southam, 8 km SE of Leamington Spa
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Stoneleigh [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Knightlow
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Ufton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP3762/ufton/] [accessed 11 February 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church here. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "The history of the church is rather confusing. Bishop Roger de Clinton who, as mentioned, recovered Ufton, is said to have constituted the church a prebend in Lichfield Cathedral; [...] and a prebendary of Ufton occurs in 1255. [...] Dugdale, however, alleges that the church, with its endowment of one yardland, was appropriated to Coventry Priory in 1260. [...] There appears to have been a church here early in the 13th century, [...] the rest of the church is mainly 14th-century, with the exception of the belfry stage of the tower, which is 15th-century. [...] The font, which is placed in the centre of the western bay of the arcade, is a modern replica of the 14th-century original. It is hexagonal, with six plain faces, and stands on a pedestal with an engaged shaft at each angle, having moulded capitals enriched with foliage and their bases covered over with a cement splay; the shafts are probably original."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 15′ 23.7″ N, 1° 26′ 47.31″ W
UTM: 30U 606949 5790001
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-12-05 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.