South Leigh No. 1

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church interior - nave - looking northeast

Source caption: "Church of England parish church of St James the Great, South Leigh, Oxfordshire: interior showing chancel arch, doom painting and part of north arcade."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of England parish church of St James the Great, South Leigh, Oxfordshire: interior showing chancel arch, doom painting and part of north arcade."
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view of church interior - piscina

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view of font and cover

Source caption: "The 15th cent. font. In the 19th.cent. it was coverless. The cover was designed by Sebastian Comper in 1948."
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view of font and cover in context

organ and 15thC font
Scene Description: organ and 15thC font
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INFORMATION

FontID: 13036LEI
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James the Great
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Location: Church End, South Leigh, Oxfordshire, OX29 6US, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A40, 4 km ESE of Witney, 13 km WNW of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Wootton
Font Location in Church: In the porch
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman? / Transitional?
Font Notes:
Kelly's Directory of 1911 reports: "the porch contains the remains of a stoup" [NB: Kelly's (ibid.) notes that the earlier parts of the building date to the Norman and Transitional periods]. [cf. Index entry for South Leigh No. 2 for a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period inside the church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.778825, -1.430161
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 46′ 43.77″ N, 1° 25′ 48.58″ W
UTM: 30U 608297 5737605

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Kelly, Kelly's Directory of Oxfordshire, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1911