Selmeston No. 2 / Selmestone

INFORMATION

FontID: 06548SEL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Church Location: Selmeston, East Sussex, BN26 6UD
Country Name: England
Location: East Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A27, 8 km NE of Newhaven
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Danehill -- Rape of Lewes -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: In the porch
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Harrison (1920) does not mention the font here, but notes a "stoup in porch". Described in Whiteman (1994), "a holy water stoup in the porch", as one of the medieval remains in this church. [cf. Index entry for Selmeston No. 1 for the remains of a 13th-century font in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.842294, 0.143052
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 50′ 32.26″ N, 0° 8′ 34.99″ E
UTM: 31U 298867 5636177

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920
Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998