Gainsborough / Gainesburg / Gainsburgh

INFORMATION

FontID: 12623GAI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: 66 Church St, Gainsborough DN21 2JR, UK -- Tel.: +44 1427 611036
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A756, 30 km NNW of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Corringham
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: church here first documented 1180, perhaps a chapel of srone; Knights Templar's church 1209; demolished 1736; re--built 1740s; restored 1864
There is an entry for Gainsborough [variant spelling] in the Domesday Survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK8190/gainsborough/] [accessed 7 November 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Mid C18, of marble, on a tall tapering pedestal." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK8145190109] notes: "C14 tower, remainder 1736-44"; it mntions no font in it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.405, -0.78
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 24′ 18″ N, 0° 46′ 48″ W
UTM: 30U 647576 5919621

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989