Holford / Holeford / Holford St. Mary
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view of church exterior - north view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 November 2008 by Robert Cutts [www.flickr.com/photos/21678559@N06/4448742348] [accessed 28 February 2018]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robert Cutts, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 November 2008 by Robert Cutts [www.flickr.com/photos/21678559@N06/4447968795] [accessed 28 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 15402HOL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin [originally dedicated to St. John]
Church Location: Holford, Bridgwater TA5 1RY , UK -- Tel.: 01278 732873
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A39, 10 km E of Williton, 17 km W of Bridgwater
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Whitley -- Hundred of Williton [in Domesday
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1175?
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Holford [St Mary] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST1541/holford-st-mary/] [accessed 28 February 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 5, 1985) notes: "In 1175 the church of Holford was given by Robert son of Alfred to Stogursey Priory [...] he church of ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, dedicated to St. John by 1175 [...] and to St. Mary by 1791"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. The National Monuments Record [Listing NGR: ST1565641091] notes the present font: "late C19 fittings including a many coloured marble font of arresting vulgarity." [NB: the original building is believed to date back to the 12th century, but we have no information on its font]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.1628,
-3.2076
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 9' 46" N,
3° 12' 27" W
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2018-02-28 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.