Weedon Bec / Wedone

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Weedon Bec: The Church of St Peter and St Paul. The tower dates from the late 12th century but the body of the church was rebuilt in 1825. The church is a Grade II* Listed Building and the churchyard contains two Grade II Listed chest tombs, one, if not both of which, are visible in the photograph."

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 May 2015 by Nigel Cox [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4469363] [accessed 18 November 2015]

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view of font - east side

Scene Description: the modern font; east side with John's symbol

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view of font - north side

Scene Description: the modern font; north side with Matthew's symbol

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view of font - south side

Scene Description: the modern font; south side with Mark's symbol

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view of font - west side

Scene Description: the modern font; west side with Luke's symbol

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14597WEE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: Church Street, Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire NN7 4PL
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A5, 8 km SE of Daventry
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
There are two entries for Weedon [Bec] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP6359/weedon-bec/] [accessed 18 November 2015], one of which mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The present font is Victorian, of 1825, a square basin decorated with the symbols of the Evangelists on the sides, raised on five columns with moulded capitals and bases. [NB: we have no information on the original font from the Domesday-time church here]. English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP6333659283] (1968) does not mention the font in use here, but notes: "A medieval carved column base supports a miniature copy of the Winchester Cathedral font from chapel of Ordnance Depot (Weedon Barracks [...])"

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.258473, -1.073732
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 13′ 41″ N, 1° 4′ 26″ W
UTM: 30U 631528 5788148