Oxford No. 21 / Oxeneford

INFORMATION

FontID: 18070OXF
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Budoc [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Budoc [aka Beuzec, Budeaux, Budhek, Budock, Budocus, Buoc]
Church Location: [disappeared church was located in the modern Castle Street -- Oxford OX1]
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: [cf. Church Address]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Headington
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.751110883214, -1.2613987250076

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-06-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.