Monk Sherborne No. 2 / Sherborne Monks / Sherbourne / Shireburn / Sireborne / Westshirbourne

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09357MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century? / 15th century, Norman? / Perpendicular?
Church / Chapel Name: Priory Church of St. Mary and St. John the Baptist, Monk Sherborne [aka Pamber Parish Church]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: "The church used by Pamber is a remnant of the old Priory church founded by Henry I, and consists of the ancient choir and tower dating from the end of the 12th century" (Holmes, 1922)
Church Address: Pamber, Basingstoke RG26 5QD, UK
Site Location: Hampshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Pamber End, just N of Monk Sherborne, itself off the A340, just NW of Basingstoke
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Chuteley
Font Notes:
No individual entry found for Pamber in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) shows a plan of the Priory church; the font appears at the southwest end of the presbitery. Described in the Hampshire county web site as a baptismal font of the 15th-century located in the church known as 'Pamber Priory' [source: www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol02]. Holmes (1922) lists the font among "a few relics of this period" [i.e., the 12th century]. [cf. Index entry for Monk Sherborne No.1 for the baptismal font at All Saints']. The VCH (ibid.) entry for Pamber adds: "There is no record of the church used by the villagers of Pamber until 1564, in which year they complained that the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford, who had succeeded to Sherborne Priory lands, had neglected to provide a minister [...] It was eventually arranged that the dwellers in Pamber should keep their tithes and profits to provide for a priest, and that the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College should give them leave to use the old Priory church. (fn. 66) The parish is still annexed to Sherborne for ecclesiastical purposes, and the parishioners use the priory church by permission of Queen's College." The entry for this priory church in Historic England [List entry Number: 1092954] notes: "A C15 font occupies the centre of the floor beneath the tower".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 630496 5687043
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.3197, -1.1273
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 19′ 10.92″ N, 1° 7′ 38.28″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Holmes, Edric, Wanderings in Wessex: an Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter, London: Robert Scott Roxburghe House, [1922]