Baughurst / Bagganhyrst / Bagehurst / Baggehurst / Baghurst / Baugust

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view of church exterior - east view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Graham Horn, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 June 2011 by Graham Horn [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2705867] [accessed 21 August 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - northeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pam Brophy, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2005 by Pam Brophy [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/28445] [accessed 21 August 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17509BAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Stephen
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Baughurst, Tadley RG26 5JY, UK
Site Location: Hampshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B3051, 10 km N of Basingstoke
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Evingar
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
No individual entry found for Baughurst in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "The church of St. Stephen is a modern building erected in 1845 on the site of an old structure said to be of 12th-century date. [...] The font is [...] of 15th-century date, and has an octagonal. bowl with quatrefoiled panels inclosing flowers." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU5665359212] reports: "Within [the tower space] there is a C15 Perpendicular octagonal font". [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of the medieval church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 627831 5688555
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.333898, -1.16499
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 20′ 2.03″ N, 1° 9′ 53.96″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.