Hartley Wespall / Harlei / Herlei [Domesday] / Hertle / Hertle Waspayl / Hertligh Vespal / Hurtleghe

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view of church exterior

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view of church interior - west end

Scene Description: the modern font in front of the organ
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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font in 12th-century style
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INFORMATION

FontID: 17448HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin [aka The Blessed Virgin]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Hartley Wespall, Hook RG27 0BB, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off [S] the A33, 4 km NE of Hook, 10 km NE of Basingstoke
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Holshot
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Chris Hayley, of Southern Life [www.southernlife.org.uk] for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
There is are two entries for Hartley [Wespall] [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU6958/hartley-wespall/] [accessed 31 July 2018], neither of which mentions priest or church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "Externally the building is entirely modern, except the west end of the nave, but its walls inclose the main timbers of the nave of a half-timber church of c. 1330, a very remarkable and interesting survival. [...] The font is modern, in 12th-century style, with an arcade of interlacing arches, placed in the church by Dr. Keate in 1852"; the VCH entry, however, refers to a document that mentions "Alexander, parson of the church of Hartley, dated Christmas 1193", which support the dating of the medieval church here at least to that date. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU7002957698] mentions no font in it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.31967, -0.9998
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 19′ 10.81″ N, 0° 59′ 59.28″ W
UTM: 30U 639380 5687274

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-06-02 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.