Sutton St. Nicholas / Sudtune / Sutton St. Michael and St. Nicholas / Sutune / Svdtvne / Svtvne
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Nicholas Church (Sutton St. Nicholas)"
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "The interior at St. Nicholas Church in Sutton St. Nicholas"
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Nicholas Church (Font | Sutton St. Nicholas)"
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Nicholas Church (Organ | Sutton St. Nicholas)" -- showing the font in the bottom-right corner of the image
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INFORMATION
FontID: 09668SUT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford HR1 3AZ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1568 797863
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A465, 6 km NNE of Hereford, 15 km S of Leominster, 34 km W of Worcester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Historical Region: Hundred of Tornelaus [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave, by the organ
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
There are three entries for Sutton St. Michael and St. Nicholas [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/sutton-st-michael-and-st-nicholas/] [accessed 31 December 2022], none of which mention a church in it; one of the holdings had "Spirtes the priest" as lord in 1066 but was replaced by "Nigel the doctor" in 1086. A font in this church was described in Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: p. 178) [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/heref/vol2/pp177-182] [accessed 31 December 2022]: "Font: round tapering bowl, 12th-century, stem and base modern." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO5340545351] notes: "Parish church. C12 with C13 and C14 additions, restored in mid-C19 [...] Font has C12 round bowl and mid-C19 stem and base."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.10446,
-2.682
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 6′ 16.06″ N,
2° 40′ 55.2″ W
UTM: 30U 521780 5772704
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