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view of church exterior - southwest view
INFORMATION
FontID: 16531TAT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James the Less
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Less [aka James the Lesser, James the Little, James the Minor, James the Younger]
Church Location: Tatham, Lancaster LA2 8NH, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lancashire, North West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B6480, 2 km NE of Hornby, 16 km NE of Lancaster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Blackburn
Historical Region: Hundred of Lonsdale -- Hundred of Amounderness [in Domesday]
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Tatham [variant spelling] is one six places included in an entry in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SD6069/tatham/] [accessed 5 April 2019]; the entry reports three churches in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 8, 1914) notes: "The church, though named in Domesday Book, seems a little later to have become a chapel of ease to Melling [...] It has apparently been rebuilt in the 15th century, but retains some portions of an older structure [...] In 1885 the building underwent a very thorough restoration [...] The floor is flagged, and all the fittings, including the font and pulpit, are modern." The modern font is made of sandstone, of octagnal shaped and carved. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
54.1191,
-2.6045
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
54° 7′ 8.76″ N,
2° 36′ 16.2″ W
UTM: 30U 525851 5996845
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-05-12 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.