Horkstow / Horchetou

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view of church exterior - northwest view
view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St. Maurice, Horkstow. The view from this direction is rather spoilt by the unpainted galvanised trunking for the church heating ".system.
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 March 2010 by David Wright [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1739646] [accessed 25 May 2019]
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view of font and cover in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 12666HOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Maurice
Church Patron Saints: St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Church Location: Main St, Horkstow, Barton-upon-Humber DN18 6BH, UK -- Tel.: +44 1652 632202
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B1204 [aka Main St], on the S banks of the Humber river, 6 km WSW of Barton-upon-Humber
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Yarborough
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Horkstow [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE9818/horkstow/] [accessed 25 May 2019] but it mentions neither clerk nor church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Ornate Victorian E[arly] E[nglish], dated 1877." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE9871618221] notes: "Parish church. C13 tower, nave arcades, north aisle and chancel. C14-C15 south aisle and clerestory. C17 repairs to nave and north aisle roofs; C18 - early C19 repairs to chancel. Re-seated'and interior restored 1868. Restorations of 1898 by R H Fowler included re-facing aisles"; no font mentioned. [NB: we have no information on the original font of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.651199,
-0.50795
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 39′ 4.31″ N,
0° 30′ 28.62″ W
UTM: 30U 664700 5947601
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989