Greinton / Graintone
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15364GRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Greinton TA7 9BW , United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A361, 9 km WSW of Glastonbury, 11 km E of Bridgwater
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Whitley
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Greinton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST4136/greinton/] [accessed 25 April 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 8, 2004) notes: "The south doorway indicates that a church had been established by the 12th century, and its elevated position perhaps points to a pre-Christian site […] Most furnishings date from the 19th century", but does not mention a font. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST4126036414] reports a 19th-century font in it. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.1233, -2.8405
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 7′ 23.88″ N, 2° 50′ 25.8″ W
UTM: 30U 511162 5663549
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-09-21 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.