Tugby / Tochebi / Tokebi

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coat of arms - unidentified

view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/tugby-st-thomas-a-becket/] [accessed 27 August 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - tower - window

Scene Description: Source caption: "Norman window in tower".

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/tugby-st-thomas-a-becket/] [accessed 27 August 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/tugby-st-thomas-a-becket/] [accessed 27 August 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 13150TUG
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Thomas a Becket
Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas of Canterbury [aka St. Thomas à Becket]
Church Location: Main Street, Tugby, Leics. LE7 9ED
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A47, 5 km ESE of Billesdon, 18 km ESE of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Goscote
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], for his photographs of this church
There is an entry for Tugby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK7600/tugby/] [accessed 27 August 2015]; it mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one here. A font in this church is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SK7617801012] (1966) notes: "Font is probably C14. Small octagonal basin with various emblems on each face."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.599244, -0.880233
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 35′ 57.28″ N, 0° 52′ 48.84″ W
UTM: 30U 643563 5829801

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818