Newtown nr. Newbury / Nova Villa / Nova Villa de Sandelford / Novus Burgus de Clere / Newton-near-Newbury

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2009 by Alexander P. Knapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1319785] [accessed 31 July 2011]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: the modern church

Image Source: digital photograph taken June 2003 by Tim Booth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Newtown_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_27181.jpg] [accesed 31 July 2011]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17200NEW

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St Mary and St John the Baptist [originally Chapel of Sandleford]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary & St John the Baptist

Church Location: Well Street, Newtown, Newbury RG20 , UK

Country Name: England

Location: Hampshire, South East

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A339-B4640 crossroads, 2-3 km S of Newbury

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester

Historical Region: Hundred of Evingar

Century and Period: , Medieval

Church Notes: present church built 1865 on the site of the original medieval chapel documented by 1284

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White (1878) reports that this church was rebuilt in 1864-1865 with a font that has the symbol of the Trinity on it. The entry for the new church in Historic England [Source ID: 1339771] mentions an octagonal font in it, likely of the time of the new church, 1865. [NB: the new church was built on the site of a previous medieval chapel; we have no information on whether it had a font or not]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.3699, -1.317

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 22′ 11.64″ N, 1° 19′ 1.2″ W

UTM: 30U 617150 5692305

REFERENCES

White, William, History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Hampshire including the Isle of Wight, and [...], Sheffield: William White, 1878