Holt nr. Bournemouth

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: the 19thC church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2012 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3127747] [accessed 26 January 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the 19thC church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2012 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3161344] [accessed 26 January 2020]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the 19thC font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2012 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3161386] [accessed 26 January 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11321HOL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James

Church Patron Saints: St. James

Church Location: 1898 Holt Ln, Holt, Wimborne BH21 7DJ, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Dorset, South West

Directions to Site: Located E of the B3078, 10-12 km N of Bournemouth

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury

Century and Period: , Medieval

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No individual entry found for thsi Holt in the Domesday survey. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU0300103925] notes: "C19 octagonal stone font on octagonal plinth". The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/holt.htm] notes: the octagonal mounted font with a graded chamfer is probably Victorian [NB: the above source informs that "a church here was repaired in 1493 so that the inhabitants would not have to walk to Wimborne for services" and that "it was completely rebuilt in brick in 1836 by John Tulloch." -- we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.83476, -1.9588

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 50′ 5.14″ N, 1° 57′ 31.68″ W

UTM: 30U 573319 5631966