Udimore / Dodimere

Permission from Rev. Duncan Lloyd-James, present vicar of Udimore

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: EXT S digital photograph taken 1 April 2009 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1235275] [accessed 6 February 2013] INT E digital photograph taken 5 November 2011 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2680613] [accessed 6 February 2013] INT WEST END digital photograph taken 5 November 2011 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2680605] [accessed 6 February 2013]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 April 2009 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1235275] [accessed 6 February 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 November 2011 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2680613] [accessed 6 February 2013]

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view of church interior - west end

Scene Description: the modern font and cover by the organ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 November 2011 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2680605] [accessed 6 February 2013]

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view of font

Image Source: Church Guide, St Mary's Church, Udimore, Sussex

Copyright Instructions: Permission from Rev. Duncan Lloyd-James, present vicar of Udimore

INFORMATION

FontID: 06564UDI

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Udimore, East Sussex, TN31 6

Country Name: England

Location: East Sussex, South East

Directions to Site: Located off the B2089, 5-6 km WSW of Rye, NW of Hastings

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester

Historical Region: Hundred of Gostrow -- Rape of Hastings -- Sussex

Font Location in Church: Reported in the porch of the church ca. 1994 [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 17th - 18th century,

Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Rev. Duncan Lloyd-James, rector of Udimore -Brede-with-Udimore- for all the information on this font and for the copy of the church guide

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Harrison (1920) reports traces of a late-12th century arcade in the south wall of this Early English church, but does not mention a font in it. A font in it is described in Whiteman (1994) as "a rare wooden font which stands in the porch", now replaced by a modern one inside the church. The Udimore church guide (Harvey, 1974) informs: "A fa[s]cinating church 'forgery' is represented by Udimore pudding basin font. By ancient ecclesiastical edict, fonts cannot be made of wood, so in the early 18th century, parsimonious parish officials at Udimore, carefully painted a wooden bowl with a stone covering outside and lead paint inside to give the impression they were complying with the regulations! It was restored by the Reverend R.B. Sutton (vicar 1952-69) who with a[d]vice from the V[ictoria] and A[lbert] Museum left a portion of wood exposed to show [the] forgery." The same source illustrates both the wooden font and the new replacement inside the church. [Our gratitude to Reverend Duncan Lloyd-James, rector of Udimore -Brede-with-Udimore- for all the information on this font and for the copy of the church guide].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.939614, 0.650727

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 56′ 22.61″ N, 0° 39′ 2.62″ E

UTM: 31U 334948 5645738

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th - 18th century?

Material: unknown,

Apparatus: no

REFERENCES

Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920

Harvey, Peter, St Mary's Church, Udimore, Sussex, Udimore, Rye, Sussex: Pilgrim Publications, 1974

Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998