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view of church exterior - east view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Margaret Sutton, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 April 2007 by Margaret Sutton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/400818] [accessed 12 August 2011]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17585DRO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of Our Lady and All Saints
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A32, just N of Soberton, NNW of Portsmouth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Portsmouth
Historical Region: Hundred of Bishop's Waltham
Century and Period: , Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 1908) notes: "The earliest details [of the present church] belong to 1150–60 [...] The font is modern, of twelfth-century design, with a square bowl on a central and four angle pillars." [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 630859 5647496
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-08-12 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.