Preston-on-Stour / Preston
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
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view of church exterior - west tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes 26 September 2008
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes 26 September 2008
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13559PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin [formerly St. Peter the Apostle]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary [earlier dedication: St. Peter]
Church Location: Preston on Stour, Warwickshire CV37 8NQ
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A3400, 5 km S of Stratford-upon-Avon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Deerhurst -- formerly Gloucestershire
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Preston in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP2049/preston-on-stour/] [accessed 19 July 2014], but it mentions neither church nor cleric in it. The Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 8, 1968) notes that "In 1272, the date of the earliest known reference to the church, the advowson belonged to Deerhurst Priory, although then, as at many later times, it was in the hands of the Crown. [...] The small cup-shaped font was made in the 18th century". [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.147286, -1.704019
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 8′ 50.23″ N, 1° 42′ 14.47″ W
UTM: 30U 588676 5778212
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-06-22 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.