Stoke Bruerne / Stoche / Stokbruer

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: EXT SE digital photograph taken 21 June 2011 by M J Richardson [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2472376] [accessed 11 June 2012]

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2011 by M J Richardson [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2472376] [accessed 11 June 2012]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14358BRU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Lane, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire NN12 7SA
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located E of Easton Neston, S of Blisworth, not far from Paulerspury and Alderton, 11 km S of Northampton, 16 km N of Milton Keynes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Cleley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
The Victoria County Histroy (Northamptonshire, vol. 5, 2002) notes: "There was a priest at Stoke Bruerne in 1086 [...] The tower, except for its Perpendicular top stage, is probably of the early 12th century [...] The arch between tower and nave is of c. 1200 […] The plain octagonal font is perhaps of the 13th or 14th century."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.142254, -0.918763
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 8′ 32.11″ N, 0° 55′ 7.55″ W
UTM: 30U 642417 5778903

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-04-30 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.