Long Compton / Cuntone

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13556COM

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul

Church Location: Long Compton, Warwickshire, CV36 5JJ

Country Name: England

Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located on the A3400, 6 km NN of Chipping Norton

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry

Historical Region: Hundred of Barcheston [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Kington

Century and Period: 13th century, Early English

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There is an entry for [Long] Compton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP2832/long-compton/] [accessed 6 January 2015], and it reports a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. A letter from "R.G." to the editor of The Gentleman's Magazine dated 10 January 1792 reports a hexagonal font in this church at the time. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 5, 1949), however, notes: "There was a priest, indicating a church, here in 1086; (fn. 89) and a monastic legend of a miracle performed in the church of Compton by St. Augustine, [...] though of no historical value, does suggest that the site had traditionally been occupied by a church from early times. The church was given by Geoffrey de Mandeville in about 1140 to his foundation of Walden Abbey in Essex. [...] The building dates from the 13th century, the nave being probably early and the west tower later in the same century. [...] The font and other furniture are modern" [NB: the VCH reports renovations in the 19th century and in 1930, which obviously means that the old font disappeared some time after 1792]. A recent posting in A Church Near You [www.achurchnearyou.com/album.php?V=13099] [accessed 21 June 2008] shows pre- and post-2004 views of the church interior, both of which include a modern font and cover in the nave.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.994799, -1.582828

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 59′ 41.27″ N, 1° 34′ 58.18″ W

UTM: 30U 597299 5761408

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hexagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-06-21 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.