Oxford No. 21 / Oxeneford

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18070OXF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Budoc [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Budoc [aka Beuzec, Budeaux, Budhek, Budock, Budocus, Buoc]
Church Address: [disappeared church was located in the modern Castle Street -- Oxford OX1]
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: [cf. Church Address]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Headington
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (from the disppeared 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
There are thirteen entries for Oxford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP5106/oxford/] [accessed 9 November 2016; two of the entries mention a church in each. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 4, 1979) notes: "The church's dedication, first recorded in 1166, [...] to a Breton saint implies a post-Conquest foundation, and archaeological evidence suggests a 12th-century date. [...] The first church, in the modern Castle Street, was destroyed in 1215-16 when the barbican was built, but in 1222-3 a new church was built". The VCH entry does not report the date when this church, and its font, disappeared. [NB: we have no information on the original font of this church].

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.751110883214, -1.2613987250076

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.