Northwood / Northewode
Image copyright © Northwood Village, 2009
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Results: 3 records
view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2016 by Hassocks5489 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_John_the_Baptist's_Church,_Chawton_Lane,_Northwood_(May_2016)_(3).JPG] [accessed 19 February 2020]
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view of font - upper view
Scene Description: the old font [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Northwood Village, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph [http://www.northwoodvillage.org.uk/church/churchimages/138.aspx] [accessed 11 May 2009]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Northwood Village, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph [http://www.northwoodvillage.org.uk/church/churchimages/137.aspx] [accessed 11 May 2009]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 14627NOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Church Ln, Northwood, Cowes PO31 8QT, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Isle of Wight, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A3020 [aka Cowes Rd / Newport Rd], S of Cowes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Portsmouth
Historical Region: Hundred of West Medine -- formerly Hampshire
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
No individual entry found for Northwood in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "The church of St. John the Baptist lies to the east of the road from Newport to Cowes. It was built as a chapel for the northern portion of the parish of Carisbrooke in the middle of the 12th century"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. The village web site [http://www.northwoodvillage.org.uk/church/churchimages/default.aspx] [accessed 11 May 2009] notes and illustrates the old font: "This is all that remains of the original 12th century font which can be found in the south porch at the entrance to the church. It had been dumped in the churchyard for many years but was rescued from that undignified position in 1954, and placed once again within its rightful home." What remains of the old font is the lower part of the round basin and the circular pedestal, all badly eroded. The present-day font in use consists of a plain square basin raised on an octagonal splaying stem and a quadrangular plinth, all modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.734167,
-1.301667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 44′ 3″ N,
1° 18′ 6″ W
UTM: 30U 619848 5621639
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-09-12 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
