Upham
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Scene Description: the modern font, in late-Medieval style
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris Hayley, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Chris Hayley [http://southernlife.org.uk/upham_church.htm] [accessed 17 August 2011]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris Hayley, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Chris Hayley [http://southernlife.org.uk/upham_church.htm] [accessed 17 August 2011]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris Hayley, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Chris Hayley [http://southernlife.org.uk/upham_church.htm] [accessed 17 August 2011]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17591UPH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of Blessed Mary
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: the VCH gives 'dedication unknown' - the Church of England [www.achurchnearyou.com/upham-blessed-mary-of-upham/] [accessed 17 August 2011] gives 'Blessed Mary'
Church Address: Church St, Upham, Southampton SO32 1JH, UK -- Tel.: +44 1489 860914
Site Location: Hampshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B2177, 12 km SE of Winchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Portsmouth
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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No entry found for this Upham in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 1908) notes: "The church (dedication unknown) has been so much repaired that it shows little appearance of age, but a small amount of thirteenth-century work remains. [...] Henry de Blois, bishop of Winchester (1129–71) made a grant of Upham advowson to the hospital of St. Cross, Winchester." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU5383220588] mentions an "octagonal font" in it, without a date, but in the context of the Victorian interior. The present font is indeed modern,and probably Victorian, of roughly Perpendicular design. [NB: we have no information on its medieval font]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Chris Hayley, of http://southernlife.org.com for his photographs of this church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 623964 5649286
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.9818, -1.234
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 58′ 54.48″ N, 1° 14′ 2.4″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.