Upper Clatford / Clasford / Cladford / Clatford / Upclatford

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Scene Description: acknowledges the donation of the font by Richard Greene in 1629

view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking southwest

Scene Description: Source caption: "All Saints, Upper Clatford: looking towards the south door".

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view of font and cover in context - northeast side

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view of font and cover in context - west side

Scene Description: with the south doorway on the right

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09451CLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: 6 Church Ln, Upper Clarford, Andover SP11 7HB, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A303, just S of Andover
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Andover
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, by the S doorway
Date: 1629
Century and Period: 17th century(early),
There is an entry for [Upper] Clatford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU3543/upper-clatford/] [accessed 28 August 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "The church of Upper Clatford was given to the abbey of Lire, in Upper Normandy, by William Fitz Osbern Earl of Hereford [+1071], the founder. [...] In 1291 the church was assessed at £10 with a pension of 10s.; while the abbey of Lire took £2 from separate portions, no doubt the 3 virgates mentioned in Domesday [...] The south walls of the nave and chancel probably belong to an aisleless church to which, at the end of the 12th century, a north aisle was added. [...] The font is a very charming piece of work with a shallow round bowl on a slender octagonal stem, of which unfortunately a small piece has been removed, to the great damage of its proportions. On the upper edge of the bowl, in letters inlaid with black composition, is 'Richard Greene of Winterborne Stoke gave this 1629.' " Described in the Rootsweb site: "The font is the earliest surviving gift to All Saints, its shallow round bowl standing on an octagonal stem has inscribed on its upper edges 'Richard Greene of Winterbourne Stoke gave this in 1629', and this is part of the 17th century reordering" [source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages]. The VCH (ibid.) notes that this church is mentioned in the Domesday Book and: "The south walls of the nave and chancel probably belong to an aisleless church to which, at the end of the 12th century, a north aisle was added." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU3419941926] reports "a stone font in the shape of a chalice, with the rim inscribed ..."Richard Greene of Winterbourne Stoke gave this 1629..."" [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.1901, -1.49
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 11′ 24.36″ N, 1° 29′ 24″ W
UTM: 30U 605520 5672049

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: on the upper rim
Inscription Text: "RICHARD GREENE OF WINTERBOURNE STOKE GAVE THIS IN 1629"
Inscription Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: crown-like base with raised scroll ribs meeting at floral finial

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-01-12 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.