Southam nr. Cheltenham / Surham

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of the Ascension, Southam. A fine Norman church which was disused following the Reformation in 1536-39. It was restored in the early 1860s. There is neither tower nor spire, just a simple bellcote with single bell. There are remains of a monastery nearby."

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 september 2009 by Pauline E [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1508456] [accessed 9 February 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14191SOU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Ascension
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Church Location: 20 Ratcliff Lawns, Southam, Gloucestershire GL52 3PB
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Cheltenham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Tibblestone [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
There is an entry for this Southam [variant spelling] in Folio 165r of the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO9725/southam/] [accessed 9 February 2015]; it mentions a priest among several of the lords of this place in 1086, and reports church lands as well without the specific mention of a church in it, though there probably was one there. English Heritage [Listing NGR: SO9701925579] (1987) reports: "Anglican chapel. C12, restored mid-late C19 in neo-Norman style by Edward Earl of Ellenborough 1861 in memory of his first wife Octavia, died 1819. The early church appears to have been of rubble construction with large squared and dressed quoins, Cl9 rebuilding on coursed squared and dressed limestone. [...] Octagonal white marble font with ornate lotus flower decoration in relief". [NB: we have no information on the font of the Domesday-time church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.928004, -2.052308
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 55′ 40.81″ N, 2° 3′ 8.31″ W
UTM: 30U 565163 5753455