Eckington / Ackintoun / Echinntune / Echintvne
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2002
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 December 2002 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3271398] [accessed 8 October 2014]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Steven Ruffles, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 June 2012 by Steven Ruffles [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2984871] [accessed 8 October 2014]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2002
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 December 2002 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3271394] [accessed 8 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11562ECK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1100?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Mill Road, Eckington, Derbyshire, S21 4DY, UK
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Mosborough, 12 km N of Chesterfield
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Historical Region: Hundred of Scarsdale [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Pershore
Additional Comments: disppeared font? (the one from the original Domesday-church here?)
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for this Eckington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SK4279/eckington/] [accessed 8 October 2014], one of which, in the lordship of Ralph son of Hubert in 1086, reports a priest in it without mention of a church, though there probably was one there. Cox (1875) notes: "The font, under the west gallery, which has an octagon top standing upon a circular base, seems to be of modern construction." Miller (1890) notes "Norman work" in this church, but mentions no font in it. [NB: the building dates from ca. 1100 but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 609722 5908297
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.312482, -1.35307
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 18′ 44.93″ N, 1° 21′ 11.05″ W
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877
- Miller, George [Revd.], The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester, Birmingham: Hall & English, 1890, vol. 2: 216-217