Bletchingdon No. 2 / Bletchingham / Blicestone
INFORMATION
FontID: 20803BLE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Church Location: Tollbrook Corner, Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire OX5 3DL
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off Islip Road, 3 km N of Kidlington, 10 km SW of Bicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Kirtlington [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Ploughley
Font Location in Church: E of the S dooor
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP5065318058] (1966) reports a "C15 cinquefoiled stoup to east of south door", as well as the 18th-century font [cf. Index entry for Bletchingdon No. 1]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.859191,
-1.265207
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 51′ 33.09″ N,
1° 15′ 54.74″ W
UTM: 30U 619463 5746800
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: cinquefoiled
Basin Exterior Shape: cinquesfoiled