Didling

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view of church exterior - north view

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the font is partially visible among the back pews, in the southwest corner

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris Gunns, 2008

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Miss Steel, 2007

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01043DID
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located W of the A286, S of the A272, 8-10 km WSW of Midhurst
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Dumpford -- formerly Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman?
Cognate Fonts: The fonts at: Graffham, Selham and Woolbeding, all in West Sussex.
A Norman in this church is mentioned in Harrison (1920). Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a tub-shaped baptismal font of the Norman period. The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 4, 1953) notes: "The church of Didling seems to have been built by Alan de St. George about 1220 [...] The font, perhaps 12th-century, is tub-shaped on a round base." Described in Whiteman (1994): "The font, 12th-century or earlier, is tub-shaped, roughly finished, on a round base". The Benefice web site [www.harting.org.uk/feature.aspx?ID=2] [accessed 31 July 2012] illustrates the font, and quotes its uncomplimentary description in Simon Jenkins (1999): "From the Saxon period there remains only the font, a rough-hewn lump of stone."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.95629, -0.812533
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 57′ 22.64″ N, 0° 48′ 45.12″ W
UTM: 30U 653630 5647242

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-07-31 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928
Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998