Newtown nr. Newbury / Nova Villa / Nova Villa de Sandelford / Novus Burgus de Clere / Newton-near-Newbury
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2009
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Booth, 2003
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
Font ID: 17200NEW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St Mary and St John the Baptist [originally Chapel of Sandleford]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary & St John the Baptist
Church Notes: present church built 1865 on the site of the original medieval chapel documented by 1284
Church Address: Well Street, Newtown, Newbury RG20 , UK
Site Location: Hampshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 617150 5692305
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.3699, -1.317
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 22′ 11.64″ N, 1° 19′ 1.2″ W
REFERENCES
- White, William, History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Hampshire including the Isle of Wight, and [...], Sheffield: William White, 1878, p. 350