Preston-on-Stour / Preston
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
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Results: 2 records
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
view of church exterior - west tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes 26 September 2008
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13559PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin [formerly St. Peter the Apostle]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary [earlier dedication: St. Peter]
Church Address: Preston on Stour, Warwickshire CV37 8NQ
Site Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared 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].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 588676 5778212
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.147286, -1.704019
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 8′ 50.23″ N, 1° 42′ 14.47″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.