Greywell / Graiwell / Graiwella / Grewell

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design element - motifs - floral - square flower - in a quatrefoil

Scene Description: four blank quatrefoils alternating with four others with inscribed floral motifs -- notice the repair to the upper rim area

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012

Image Source: digital phtograph taken 30 April 2012 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 12 May 2012)

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: The base is original; the original stem is missing [cf. FontNotes].

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012

Image Source: digital phtograph taken 30 April 2012 by Colin Smith

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design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 4

Scene Description: four blank quatrefoils alternating with four others with inscribed floral motifs

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012

Image Source: digital phtograph taken 30 April 2012 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 12 May 2012)

view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KiwiMike2009, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2007 by KiwiMike2009 [www.flickr.com/photos/kiwimike2009/4120115619/]

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view of church exterior - west tower

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012

Image Source: digital phtograph taken 30 April 2012 by Colin Smith

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the baptismal font at the back (west end)

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2011 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2569869] [accessed 3 June 2012]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012

Image Source: digital phtograph taken 30 April 2012 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 12 May 2012)

view of font

Scene Description: notice how the basin sits directly on the octagonal lower base [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2011 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2569812] [accessed 3 June 2012]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17453GRE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: The Street, Greywell, Hook RG29 1DA, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 3 km SW of Hook
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Odiham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower arch
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
No entry found for Greywell / Grewell in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "Greywell was originally a chapelry dependent on the church of Odiham [...], known to have existed before 1385 [...] The oldest part of the church is the nave, which is of the end of the 12th century [...] The font is of 15th-century date. It is octagonal with quatrefoil panels on the faces. The stem has been lost, and the bowl is placed on the moulded base, and stands under the tower arch."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.252757, -0.972566
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 15′ 9.92″ N, 0° 58′ 21.24″ W
UTM: 30U 641484 5679886

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-06-03 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.