Orton-Longueville No. 1 / Orton Longwille / Longevill / Longville / Lungeville / Ofertune / Ortun / Overtone / Ovretune

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of the Holy Trinity, Orton Longueville. The north side of the Church, which is grade 1 listed [...] The recent addition to this side of the Church was preceded by an archaeological dig in September 2009."

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Image Source: digital photograph 5 May 2013 by David P Howard [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3458205] [accessed 20 August 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12737ORT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Church Location: Orton Longville, The Village, Peterborough PE2 7DW, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1733 230896
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located off the A1260 [aka Nene Pfwy], 3 km WSW of Peterborough town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
No entry found for Orton Longville in the Domesday survey. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports the discovery of a Norman font during the 1836 restoration of Holy Trinity's. The entry for this village in the National Gazetteer of 1868, transcribed by Colin Hinson in 2013 [https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/OrtonLongueville] [accessed 20 August 2022] notes: "The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is an ancient structure, with a square tower containing two bells. The interior of the church, which has been entirely restored, contains an effigy of a Knight Templar, a Norman font, and several monuments of great antiquity." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TL1682696516] notes: "Essentially a Decorated church, built from circa 1275 although the bases of the nave arcades are circa 1240 [...] C15 octagonal font with panelled bowl and stem." [NB: cf. Index entry for Orton-Longwille No. 2 for the 15th-century font in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.554, -0.278316
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 33′ 14.4″ N, 0° 16′ 41.94″ W
UTM: 30U 684512 5826139

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831