Exton nr. Corhampton / East Seaxnatune / Essessentune / Essentune
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view of church exterior - west end
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font, of 13th-century design [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 January 2009 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1115850] [accessed 18 August 2011]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 17598EXT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: Church Lane, Exton, Hampshire, SO32 3NU, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located in the South Downs National Park, off the A32, just N of Corhampton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Fawley -- Hundred of Meonstoke [in Domesday]
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for this Exton [variant spelling] in the Domesday Survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU6121/exton/] [accessed 5 July 2018]; it reports a church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 1908) notes: "In 1086 there was a church at Exton which, together with the manor, was in the hands of the bishop of Winchester. [...] The church of St. Peter and St. Paul [...] has undergone very thorough repair, and its details are for the most part modern. The chancel, which dates from c. 1230, has a marked southward deviation from the axis of the nave, and the latter may contain work of an earlier date, though no architectural features remain to prove it. [...] near the south door is the modern octagonal font of thirteenth-century style." [NB: the present font dates probably from the mid-19th century renovation of the church; we have no information on the medieval font of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.98608,
-1.1267
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 59′ 9.89″ N,
1° 7′ 36.12″ W
UTM: 30U 631483 5649947