Great Alne / Alne Magna

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
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Results: 2 records
view of church exterior - southwest view
INFORMATION
FontID: 13844ALN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: Great Alne, Warwickshire B49 6HR
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the B4089, off (E) the A435, 4-5 km ENE of Alcester, 11 NW of Stratford-upon-Avon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Fernecumbe [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Barlichway
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century [re-tooled?], Norman [altered]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Alne in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP1259/alne/] [accessed 18 November 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 3, 1945) notes: "In 1175 the church at Alne was confirmed to the abbey of Winchcombe by Pope Alexander III [...] The church has been much restored in modern times [...] The font, of flower-pot shape, may be an old one re-tooled: it has a shallow bowl. The top has been repaired on opposite sides, probably where former staples existed." The wooden cover is flat and round, with a large Latin cross flat on its top; modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 580192 5787767
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-09-20 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.