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The church has a late Norman chancel, a nave, and a W tower, added c1300. The chancel arch dates from the late 12thc. and some of the windows in the E and N walls may be 12thc. in date, though very restored. The building contains an octagonal, elaborately carved late 12thc. font.
In 1086 the church of Upavon belonged to the abbey of Saint-Wandrille in the Seine valley near Caudebec-en-Caux. 2.5 hides of land belonged to the church. Upavon was valued at £10.15s.
The ruined church was repaired in the 15th. The chancel was restored by TH Wyatt in 1875, the nave by JP Seddon in the same year.
The carving of the font, although ambitious in iconography, is not carved with great skill.
F. Arnold-Forster, Studies in Church Dedications or England’s Patron Saints, London 1899, III, 289.
J. Buckler, Unpublished album of drawings. Devizes Museum, Volume VIII, plate 46.
Historic England listing 1365553
N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth 1975, 2nd edition, 541-542.
Caroline and Frank Thorn (ed.), Domesday Book, Phillimore Chichester 1979, 65b, 23g.
Victoria County History of Wiltshire, Volume X, 159-173, esp. 170.
