Beachampton No. 1 / Becchampton / Becentone / Bechehamton / Bechentone

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symbol - cross - Latin

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 20290BEA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin [aka St. Mary the Virgin's]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Thornton Road, Beachampton, Buckinghamshire, MK19 6DT
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A422, 8 km E of Buckingham, 8 km W of Milton Keynes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Rowley [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Buckingham
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Fewtrell (ibid.) writes of the font installed in the new church at Llanymynech built in 1845, a building that replaced the medieval church there demolished in 1844; it was not the discarded 13th-century font, but a baptismal font from Beachampton, Bucks.: "The font is Norman having on one side a Latin cross, and on the other the following:- 'This Font, which formerly belonged to Beachampton Church, in the County of Buckingham, was once more replaced in a sacred edifice by Arthur Viscount Dungannon, A.D. 1845'. Lord Dungannon found it in a bye-lane used as a drinking-trough for cattle, and after having it cleaned, and the outer surface taken off, placed it in the care of the Rev. J. Luxmoore, an old friend of his; hence its appearance in this church. It has capacity sufficient to immerse the body of an infant in the water. A smaller ornamental basin of earthenware is used at present, and is placed inside the hollow of the font. It was presented by the Rev. J. Luxmoore." [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts [fate?] of the Norman font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.0272, -0.8779
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 1′ 37.92″ N, 0° 52′ 40.44″ W
UTM: 30U 645587 5766189

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Fewtrell, John, "Parochial history of Llanymynech", vol. X (379-396); XI (232- ); XII (109-166), Collections historical & archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders, 1877-1879