Alverstoke / Aillewardstoke / Alvardestoke / Alverstoke / Alwarestoch / Alwarestock / Halwarestoke
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Margaret Auerstedt, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2012 by Margaret Auerstedt [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Parish_Church_of_St_Mary's_Alverstoke.jpg] [accessed 25 June 2018]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes[
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2009 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1424904] [accessed 25 June 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 17578ALV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of Our Lady [aka St. Mary's]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Green Rd, Alverstoke, Gosport PO12 2ET, UK -- Tel.: +44 23 9258 0551
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: Alverstoke is now a suburb of Gosport, on the W side of Portsmouth harbour, across from Portsmouth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Portsmouth
Historical Region: Liberty of Alverstoke -- Hundred of Meonstoke [in Domesday]
Century and Period: 12th century (early?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Alverstoke [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SZ6098/alverstoke/] [accessed 25 June 2018], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 1908) notes: "No church is mentioned in the Domesday Survey. In 1122 William Giffard, then bishop of Winchester, disputed with the prior of St. Swithun the possession of nine churches attached to the manors held by the monks. [...] Among these was Alverstoke church, which the bishop restored to the monks in 1124 [...] The church [...] is now entirely modern. [...] The old church, of which a plan is preserved in the library of the Society of Antiquaries, was of the same general plan". There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.78579, -1.1479
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 47′ 8.84″ N, 1° 8′ 52.44″ W
UTM: 30U 630554 5627640
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-08-11 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.