Preston nr. Dymock and Ledbury / Prestetune

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2012 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3050331] [accessed 19 July 2014]

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view of church exterior - portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 December 2008 by Bob Embleton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1097722] [accessed 19 July 2014]

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view of church exterior - portal - tympanum

Scene Description: Photo caption: "Above the square set Norman doorway, carved in stone, is this Lamb of God or "Agnus Dei". The Lamb holds in its right forefoot a Maltese cross instead of the usual flag. Some believe it to be of Saxon origin."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 December 2008 by Bob Embleton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1097747] [accessed 19 July 2014]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Photo caption: "Located behind Preston Court. It was built in 1275 on the site of a probable Saxon church. It was "restored" in 1859 when a small new aisle was added. The vestry was built in 1896."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 December 2008 by Bob Embleton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1096281] [accessed 19 July 2014]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2012 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3050567] [accessed 19 July 2014]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the south aisle is partially visible on the left

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2012 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3050564] [accessed 19 July 2014]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font -- Photo caption: "All dressed up for Christmas. The poet John Masefield was baptised here." [NB: John Masefield (1878-1967), born in nearby Ledbury, Gloucs., was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 December 2008 by Bob Embleton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1097983] [accessed 19 July 2014]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14189PRE

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: Preston, Herefordshire, HR8 2LL / Dymock, Gloucestershire HR8 2LL

Country Name: England

Location: Gloucestershire, South West

Directions to Site: Locted off (W) the B4215, NW of Dymock, 5 km SW of Ledbury, near the county border with Herefordshire, 22 km NW of Gloucester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester [formerly in the Diocese of Hereford]

Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman

Church Notes: original church Norman, but may have been built over a Saxon monastery; restored 1859

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There is an entry for this Preston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [folio 165v; ref.: E 31/2/1/6426] [http://opendomesday.org/place/SO6734/preston/] [accessed 10 December 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it, though one of the sources claims there was a church in it. Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) note a modern font by J.W Hugall, dating to the 1859-60 restoration of this Norman church. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 12, 2010) notes: "Preston church originated as a chapel built by Gloucester abbey. It had its own graveyard in the 1130s [...] and the abbey had established a vicarage to serve it by 1291 [...] Preston church was a simple rectangular structure of squared rubble until it was elaborated in the mid 19th century. Original fabric of the late 11th or very early 12th century survives on the north side and indicates that the eastern end was extended or rebuilt in the 13th century. The Norman material incorporates one high window (blocked), corbel heads, and a squareheaded doorway. The decoration on the doorway's tympanum is carved in the style of the 'Dymock school' [...] The church's dedication to St John the Baptist is not recorded until the mid 19th century." [NB: we have no information on the original font]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.008634, -2.467325

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 00′ 31.08″ N, 2° 28′ 02.37″ W

UTM: 30U 536561 5762132

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2018-12-10 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002