Norwell

INFORMATION

FontID: 15511NOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence [aka St. Laurence]
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 10 km NNW of Newark-on-Trent
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Late Norman
Noted in Kelly's Directory of 1881 as a font of Caen stone, although this may be a later replacement font. Confirmed in Cox (1912), who mentions only a modern font in this church. [NB: a church and a priest in Norwell are reported in the Domesday survey of 1086, of which nothing remains; the present church goes back to to the mid-12th century, but we have no information on the earlier font of this church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.147222, -0.841111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 8′ 50″ N, 0° 50′ 28″ W
UTM: 30U 644381 5890825

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912
Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, London: Kelly & Co., 1881