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
Font ID: 13942LYD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1851?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Victorian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Henry Woodyer
Church / Chapel Name: Holy Jesus Parish Church
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km SW of Mitcheldean, near English Bicknor
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: formerly Herefordshire
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]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photograph of this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 529205 5743158
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.838472, -2.576111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 50′ 18.5″ N, 2° 34′ 34″ W
REFERENCES
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 2: 578