Ashby Magna / Assebi / Essebi / Great Ashby
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Chris Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/ashby-magna-church-st-marys/] [accessed 24 July 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Chris Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/ashby-magna-church-st-marys/] [accessed 24 July 2015]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Chris Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/ashby-magna-church-st-marys/] [accessed 24 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 13159ASH
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Gilmorton Road, Ashby Magna, Leicestershire, LE17 5NP
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located just E of the A426 and M1, 7 km N of Lutterworth, 15 km S of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Guthlaxton [in Domesday]
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], for his photographs of this church and modern font
Church Notes: present church originally late-13thC?
There are two entries for Ashby [Magna] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP5690/ashby-magna/] [accessed 24 July 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. A font here is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). Chris Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/ashby-magna-church-st-marys/] [accessed 24 July 2015] notes: "The nave and south windows were restored in 1860 as well as the removal of a decaying gallery and pews. Also added at this time was a bath stone pulpit and font. The original font’s location and whereabouts are unknown."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.509575,
-1.17072
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 30′ 34.47″ N,
1° 10′ 14.59″ W
UTM: 30U 624145 5819290
REFERENCES
Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818
