Lydbrook
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13942LYD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Holy Jesus Parish Church
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 6 km SW of Mitcheldean, near English Bicknor
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: formerly Herefordshire
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1851?
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Henry Woodyer
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photograph of this church
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Church Guide (1991) [http://www.forest-of-dean.net/downloads/Stories_Articles/History_of_Lydbrook.pdf] [accessed 2 November 2008]: "The Font originally stood on the left hand side of the South Porch entrance but during the early part of this century it was moved to the present position on the right hand side at the back of the South Aisle." Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "octagonal font" by Henry Woodyer, ca. 1850-1851. [NB: no record found of an earlier church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.838472, -2.576111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 50′ 18.5″ N, 2° 34′ 34″ W
UTM: 30U 529205 5743158
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002