Horley nr. Banbury / Hornelie

Results: 6 records

design element - architectural - arcade

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Etheldreda, Horley. The north side of this very old church dating from the 12th. century."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David P Howard, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2013 by David P Howard [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3488088] [accessed 15 December 2015]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Etheldreda’s Church Horley Oxfordshire. The central tower and chancel survive from the Late Norman church of 1180. For a small, out of the way village, it is an imposing monument. The nave and North aisle were built and subsequently renovated in the 13th and 15th century respectively."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Rogerson, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Richard Rogerson [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1771691] [accessed 15 December 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Etheldreda's, Horley. The church has a superb interior matching the exterior. The fixtures and fittings are superb and colourful. There is a lot of light in the church even on a dull day. We were grateful that the church is kept open."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nick Macneill, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2013 by Nick Macneill [w1151215021] [accessed 15 December 2015]

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view of church interior - plan

Scene Description: the font is located at the west end of the arcade that separates the nave from the north aisle

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © University of London & History of Parliament Trust , 2009

Image Source: church interior plan [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=101918&filename=fig12.gif&pubid=1127] [accessed 14 March 2009]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13033HOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Etheldreda
Church Patron Saints: St. Etheldreda [aka Audrey, Æðelþryð, Æþelðryþe, Æthelthryth, Ediltrudis]
Church Location: Church Lane, Horley, Oxfordshire OX15 6BJ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1295 730344
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 6 km SW of Cropredy, 6-7 km NW of Banbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Bloxham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1180?
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Norman
There are three entries for this Horley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP4143/horley/] [accessed 15 December 2015], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Kelly's Oxford Directory of 1911 reports: "the Norman tub-shaped font was restored in 1854 and placed at the west of the nave". Noted in the Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 9, 1969): "Architectural evidence shows that both Horley and Hornton churches were in existence by the late 12th century. In 1115 Henry I granted land in Horley, and the church of King's Sutton (Northants.), which Ranulf Flambard held of him, to augment the prebend which Ranulf and his son Elias held in Lincoln. [...] The tower dates from the late 12th century [...] The existing chancel, though remodelled in the 14th century, appears to date substantially from c. 1200 and was probably built at approximately the same date as the tower. [...] The tubshaped font (restored in 1855) [...] may date from the late 12th or early 13th century. [...] cylindrical font with an arcade of interesting arches and a base moulding of cables", and mentions in a footnote a drawing of it at the Bodleian Library: "MS. Top. Oxon. a 67, no. 338". The church interior plan in the VCH source above shows the font located behind the last column of the arcade that separates the nave from the north aisle.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.092511, -1.392749
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 5′ 33.04″ N, 1° 23′ 33.89″ W
UTM: 30U 610108 5772546

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-03-14 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Kelly, Kelly's Directory of Oxfordshire, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1911