Cranborne No. 2 / Creneburne / Crenebvrne

INFORMATION

FontID: 11476CRA
Church/Chapel: Parish [former priory] Church of St. Mary, St. Peter and St. Bartholomew
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin?, St. Peter & St. Bartholomew
Church Location: 1 Church St, Cranborne, Wimborne BH21 5PY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1725 517232
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B3078, E of the A354, 30-35 km N of Bournemouth and Poole
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Cranborne
Font Location in Church: On the right side of the W entrance
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
There is an entry for Cranborne [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SU0513/cranborne/] [accessed 27 February 2023]; it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874) notes: "On the right side of the western entrance is a trefoiled stoup."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.91882, -1.9236
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 55′ 7.75″ N, 1° 55′ 24.96″ W
UTM: 30U 575661 5641349

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973