Twineham / Tuynhe / Twyne / Twynym
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06563TWI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side, just W of the S entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Off Twineham Lane (Church Lane), Twineham, West Sussex, RH17 5NR
Site Location: West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km WNW of Burgess Hill, 8 km SW of Cuckfield
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Buttinghill -- Rape of Lewes -- Sussex
Font Notes:
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Noted in Grayling (1918): "The font appears to be of the thirteenth century ; its lead lining has an indent of the cross fylfot, or potent repotent." The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 7, 1940) notes: "The advowson of the church and rectory of Twineham has always belonged to the lords of the manor of Twineham Benfield. In 1336 and 1339, when it is referred to as the chapel of Twineham, presentation was made by the Crown [...] The [present] church was built in the first or second decade of the 16th century, probably on the site of an earlier building. [...] The font is octagonal with hollow chamfers to the underside of the bowl and to the base: it is probably of the 14th century." The interior plan in the VCH entry for this parish shows the location of the font within the church. Described in Whiteman (1994) as a 13th-century baptismal font with a Jacobean font cover. The Britannia web site reports that the font "shows repair marks where there were once staples to lock the Holy Water in the font".
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 695370 5649679
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.965543, -0.217583
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 57′ 55.96″ N, 0° 13′ 3.3″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: Jacobean
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. font notes]
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Grayling, J.F., "Notes on St. Peter's Church, Twineham", LIX, Surrey Archaeological Collections, relating to the history and antiquities of the county, 1918
- Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998, p. 158