Fletching

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the modern font at the back (west), centre aisle

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07260FLE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Andrew
Church Location: Cherry Cottages, Fletching, East Sussex TN22 3SP
Country Name: England
Location: East Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located just E of the A275, 5-6 km W of Uckling, 13 km N of Lewes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesde of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Rushmonden -- Sussex
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mark Collins [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum] for his photographs of church and font
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Harrison (1920) notes: "Restored in 1880. The church has been over restored, and much of the architectural value has suffered in. consequence. [...] There is a stoup in the nave, and a second one in porch." The present font, a bulbous round basin on a columnar base, is late-19th century. Harrison (ibid.) does not mention a font in the church at his time, which means that the old font had already been replaced, likely during the 1880s restoration, the date of the present font. Cox & Harvey (ibid.) must have had information from an earlier time. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the Norman font here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.992804, 0.034834
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 59′ 34.09″ N, 0° 2′ 5.4″ E
UTM: 31U 291923 5653210

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920