Littlehampton / Hantone / Little Hampton
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of font - northeast side
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view of font - southeast side
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06328LIT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [later placed in the daughter-church of St. James]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin?
Church Location: East Ham Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 7AN
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located half-way between Bognor-Regis and Worthing, 18 km E of Chichester, 28 km W of Brighton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Poling -- Rape of Arundel -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: [placed in the church of St. James, at the W end of the nave]
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Noted in Walker (1908). Harrison (1920) writes: "The Saxon cylindrical font is preserved, though no longer used." Tyrrell-Green (1928) reports an early bowl recovered and restored to the church of St. James. Described and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008): "plain tub (cylindrical) font [...] The basin is not lined but holds a zinc bucket. The rim is damaged on the W side, with lesser damage on the E. [...] The font is variously reported by locals to have come from St Mary's, which was rebuilt in 1934, or St John's, which was demolished at the turn of the century. It probably came from St Mary's". The old basin is now mounted on a modern cylindrical pedestal base and a square plinth, also modern.
COORDINATES
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: zinc bucket insert [cf. FontNotes]
Diameter (includes rim): 49 cm*
Basin Total Height: 60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [CRSBI (2008)]
REFERENCES
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, [n.d.]. Accessed: 2013-01-24 00:00:00.
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
Walker, A.K., An introduction to the study of English fonts, with details of those in Sussex, 1908
