Stretton-on-Fosse / Stratone / Stretton under Fosse

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
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view of church exterior - north view
INFORMATION
FontID: 10193STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Old Tree Cottages, Stretton-on-Fosse, Warwickshire GL56 9SJ
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located near Ilmington. on the fringe of the Cotswold Hills, near the county border with Gloucs.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Barcheston [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Kington
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this modern font.
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for Stretton[-on-Fosse] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP2238/stretton-on-fosse/] [accessed 13 January 2015], one of which, in the lordship of Walter, mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 5, 1949) notes: "About the end of the 12th century Ralph le Breton presented to the church of Stretton [...] The church of Stretton-on-Fosse was originally a chapel of Blockley in Worcestershire [...] In 1291 it was called a chapel [...] enlarged in 1841 [...] No ancient architectural features remain. [...] All the fittings and furniture are modern. The registers begin in 1538." Baptismal font probably of the 19th century, consisting of an octagonal basin of vertical sides decorate with cinquefoil arches, at least one of which contains a blank shield in it; the upper and lower rim of the basin have a graded chamfer cut; raised on a plain octagonal pedestal base and lower base. Wooden pyramidal font cover, also eight-sided; modern. [NB: the church was renovated in the 19th century, from which time this font originates, but we have no information on the font of the original church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.042653, -1.676279
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 2′ 33.55″ N, 1° 40′ 34.6″ W
UTM: 30U 590786 5766609
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-01-13 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.