Newton Purcell
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14317NEW
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: A4421, Newton Purcell, Oxfordshire MK18 4AY
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
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
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
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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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.9722,
-1.0916
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 58′ 19.92″ N,
1° 5′ 29.76″ W
UTM: 30U 631088 5759666
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-03-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.