Little Birch nr Hereford

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary, Little Birch. A small, but expensive High Victorian village church, paid for by the incumbent Rev. Stephen Thackwell and designed by William Chick in 1868-9. The third church on this site, says Alan Brooks in the latest Pevsner."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 September 2012 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3319589] [accessed 1 May 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 September 2012 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3319627] [accessed 1 May 2015]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 09625BIR

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Ruff Lane, Little Birch, County of Herefordshire HR2 8AS

Country Name: England

Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A49, 8 km S of Hereford

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: 22): "Font: round bowl with cable-ornament round base [i.e., underbowl], 12th century, repaired, stem and base modern".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.977101, -2.713333

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 58′ 37.57″ N, 2° 42′ 48″ W

UTM: 30U 519690 5758530

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934