Newton Purcell
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Jeffrey, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2016 by Philip Jeffrey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4941373] [accessed 13 December 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14317NEW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: A4421, Newton Purcell, Oxfordshire MK18 4AY
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A4421, 10 km NE of Bicester, at the border with Buckinghamshire
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Hirtlington [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Ploughley
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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No entry for Newton Purcell found in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 6, 1959) informs: "Architectural evidence shows that there was a church at Newton by at least the mid-12th century, although the first documentary evidence dates from the charter, probably c. 1200, by which Ralph Purcel granted Newton church to Bicester Priory", but reports a modern font in this church. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 631088 5759666
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.9722, -1.0916
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 58′ 19.92″ N, 1° 5′ 29.76″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.