Leamington Hastings / Lunnstone

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06482LEA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Birdingbury Road, Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire CV23 8EB
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (NW) the A426 (and E of the A423), 5-6 km NNE of Southam, 12 km E of Leamington Spa
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Marton [Domesday] -- Hundred of Knightlow
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Perpendicular / Elizabethan
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
There is an entry for Leamington [Hastings] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP4467/leamington-hastings/] [accessed 29 January 2015]; it mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "There was a priest here in 1086, [...] and the church was given to Nostell priory (Yorks.) by Aytrop Hastang in the reign of Henry I [1100-1135] [...] Built about the middle of the 13th century [...] In 1875 extensive repairs were carried out [...] The hexagonal sandstone font stands at the west end of the nave and beneath the rim moulding, on each face, there is an angel with outstretched wings holding a plain shield; the stem is also hexagonal, each face having two trefoiled panels; the base and step are modern." The Rugby Borough Council's Official Guide [web version] reports a baptismal font of the 16th century in this church.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.3047, -1.3496

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-01-29 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.