Great Bourton / Bourton Magna

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view of church exterior - tower

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2006 by Tony Cronin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GB_Tower.jpg] [accessed 29 January 2009]

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view of font

Scene Description: the modern font -- it is interesting that the makers of the new font chose the dog-tooth motive to decorate the upper rim

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 August 2016 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5099952] [accessed 8 November 2017]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: view across the nave; the modern font stands to the west side of the south doorway

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 August 2016 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5099965] [accessed 8 November 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14245BOU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Great Bourton, Banbury OX17 1QW, UK -- Tel.: +44 1295 750980
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A423 [aka Southam Rd], 5 km N of Banbury, just SW of Cropredy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Banbury
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 10, 1972) notes: "The church of All Saints [...] is a small stone building of 13th-century origin [...] it fell out of use in the 16th century [...] It seems that regular services ceased to be held there at or soon after the Reformation, and that the chapel was desecrated [...] In 1862–3 the church was restored by William White, architect", but does not mention a font in it. There is no font mentioned in Sherwood & Pevsner (1974) either. [NB: it is likely that the original font may have disappeared some time after the 16th century]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.1059, -1.3344
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 6′ 21.24″ N, 1° 20′ 3.84″ W
UTM: 30U 614070 5774125

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-01-29 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.