Longstock No. 2 / Longestoke / Stoches

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14212LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Rd, Longstock, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO20, UK
Site Location: Hampshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A3057, 17 km WNW of Winchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of King's Sombourne -- Hundred of Somborne [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disappeared basin?
Font Notes:
There is an entry for [Long]stock [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU3537/longstock/] [accessed 10 September 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "In the vestry are some fragments which are said to have come from the old church, the trefoiled drain of a piscina, part of the circular stem of a font, and a stone mortar." Noted in Southern Life [http://www.southernlife.org.uk/longstockchurch.htm] [accessed 17 January 2009]: "Old stem of a font in Sanctuary". [cf. Index entries for Longstock Nos. 1 and 3 for two other items listed in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 605921 5665590
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.1319, -1.4884
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 7' 54" N, 1° 29' 18" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment
Basin Interior Shape: [missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: missing

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.