Gayhurst / Gaherst / Gatehers / Goathurst / Gotehurst / Gothhurst / Gothurst
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: photograph taken in 1995 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3265972] [accessed 18 February 2016] copyright 2012
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17355GAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Gayhurst, Milton Keynes MK16 8LG
Site Location: Buckinghamshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km NW of Newport Pagnell, 6 km W of Olney
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Bunsty [in Domesda] -- Hundred of Newport
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC (?) church here) -- wooden font (oak font of the 18thC)
Font Notes:
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Sheahan (1862) writes "The Church (St Peter) being a "very old, uncomely, ruinous building," was pulled down in 1725, and the present edifice, on the same site, was finished in 1728 [...] The font is of Caen stone, octagonal in shape, and ornamented with shields, &c." The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "The earliest reference found to the church of Gayhurst occurs in 1227 [...] The [present] building [...] dates from the early 16th century [...] The font in present use is modern, but an oak pedestal font of the early 18th century, with a leadlined bowl 7 in. in diameter and a moulded cover, stands below the chancel arch."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 653067 5775469
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.108554, -0.764795
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 6′ 30.79″ N, 0° 45′ 53.26″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Sheahan, James Joseph, History and topography of Buckinghamshire, comprising a general survey of the county, preceded by an epitome of the early history of Great Britain, London; Pontefract: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; William Edward Bonas [...], 1862, p. 538