Mongewell
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01305MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: Mongewell Roundabout, Mongewell, Wallingford OX10 8BU, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 117 929 1766
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the banks of the Thames, 2 km SE of Wallingford, 22 km SE of Oxford
Font Notes:
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Kelly's Directory of 1911 notes that the Church of St. John the Baptist is originally Norman but "largely modernised", and that under the font was buried the Hon. Shute Barrington D.D. Bishop of Durham (1791-1826), but does not give any particulars of the font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 630037 5716663
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.586, -1.123
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 35′ 9.6″ N, 1° 7′ 22.8″ W