Orcheston St. Mary / Orchestone

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 March 2007 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/372408] [accessed 22 February 2012]

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view of font

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: digital photograph of 2004 in Wiltshire Community History [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getimage.php?id=5472] [accessed 22 February 2012]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15388ORC

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Orcheston, Wiltshire, SP3 4RP

Country Name: England

Location: Wiltshire, South West

Directions to Site: Located 11 km WNW of Amesbury, near Orcheston St. George

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury

Historical Region: Hundred of Branch and Dole

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 15, 1995) notes: "There was a church at Orcheston St. Mary probably in the 12th century and certainly in the 13th [...] In 1832–3 the chancel, the north wall of the nave, and the aisle walls were rebuilt, the nave was reroofed, and the porch, until then of timber, was rebuilt in stone". The present font is octagonal with decorated panels on the bowl and stem; probably 19th-century. A similar font can be found at nearby Orcheston St. George [NB: the old font may have been replaced at the time of that renovation; we have no information on its whereabouts]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 575445 5673399

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-09-26 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.