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view of church exterior - southeast view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13821STE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: Stert, Wiltshire SN10 3JD
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 3 km SE of Devizes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Swanborough
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 10, 1975) notes: "A chapel at Stert is referred to c. 1232 when it was granted by the rector of Urchfont as part of an endowment to support a vicar to serve Urchfont church. [...] Stert thus became attached to that church as a chapelry and ecclesiastically has remained a chapelry of Urchfont ever since. [...] The small church of St. James [...] was rebuilt in 1846 by J. H. Hakewill, [...] In 1970 the church had a highly ornate font designed by Hakewill." Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. By Hakewill [i.e., John.Henry Hakewill, 1810-1880, London architect]; neo-Norman. The intertwined frieze of trails with beasts and birds is quite a tour de force". [NB: the present fabric includes remains of the 16th-century church here; we have no information of the font that existed in this church/chapel prior to the 19th-century renovation]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.332787, -1.95976
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 19′ 58.03″ N, 1° 57′ 35.14″ W
UTM: 30U 572469 5687347

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-09-22 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912