Plaitford / Playdeford / Playteford / Playtfourth / Pleiteford / Pleyford
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2018 by David Martin [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5757116] [accessed 13 September 2018]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Martin, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 April 2007 by David Martin [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/412868] [accessed 13 September 2018]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17546PLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Church Lane, Plaitford SO516EF, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A36, 8 km W of Romsey; the church is very close to the border with Wiltshire
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Thorngate -- Hundred of Frustfield [in Domesday]
Century and Period: 13th century [restored], Early English [altered]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Plaitford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU2719/plaitford/] [accessed 13 September 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "The walls of the church are probably of early 13th century date [...] The font is a modern restoration from part of a 13th-century font with four spurs on the angles."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.98158,
-1.6056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 58′ 53.69″ N,
1° 36′ 20.16″ W
UTM: 30U 597881 5648702
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-08-04 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.