Letton nr. Hereford / Letune
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view of church exterior
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the font in context
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church exterior - south portal - lintel
!["As already noted by Keyser(31), the geometric decoration of the Letton lintel is similar to the works at Bredwardine (q.v.) and Willersley (q.v.) and he was undoubtedly right when he wrote "it is more than probable that all three were executed by the same man"" [CRSBI (2018) [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1707/] [accessed 28 December 2018]]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: "As already noted by Keyser(31), the geometric decoration of the Letton lintel is similar to the works at Bredwardine (q.v.) and Willersley (q.v.) and he was undoubtedly right when he wrote "it is more than probable that all three were executed by the same man"" [CRSBI (2018) [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1707/] [accessed 28 December 2018]]
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Image Source: digital photograph by Ron Baxter taken 5 May 2005 [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1707/] [accessed 28 December 2018]
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph by Ron Baxter taken 5 May 2005 [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1707/] [accessed 28 December 2018]
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view of church exterior - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph by Ron Baxter taken 5 May 2005 [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1707/] [accessed 28 December 2018]
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view of church exterior - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1934
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, Volume 3, North West (London, 1934), p. 146 'Plate 146: Letton Church, S. Doorway', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, Volume 3, North West (London, 1934), p. 146 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/heref/vol3/plate-146 [accessed 28 December 2018]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09755LET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [redundant]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: redundant church; in the care of The Historic Churches Preservation Trust
Church Address: Letton, Herefordshire, HR3 6DH
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A438, 11 km SSE of Kington, 20 km W of Hereford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Historical Region: Hundred of Elsdon [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Stretford
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday-time likely church here)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Letton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO3346/letton/] [accessed 28 December 2018]; it mentions a priet, but not a church, in it, though there must have been one there. The inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. III: 134) notes: "Font: octagonal bowl, with moulded and splayed under side, octagonal to square stem and plain round base, probably 13th-century." This church is noted in Gethyn-Jones (1979) as one of three (Bredwardine and Willersley are the others) sort-of-precursors of The Dymock School of Romanesque Sculpture.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 501883 5773535
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.112358, -2.972505
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 6′ 44.49″ N, 2° 58′ 21.02″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934, vol. III: p. 134 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=124637] [accessed 26 March 2014]