Owslebury / Oselbury / Owlesbury
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view of church exterior - northwest end
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 January 2011 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2273466] [accessed 18 August 2011]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 17602OWS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Pitcot Lane, Owslebury, Hampshire SO21 1LU
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 3 km S of Morestead, 8 km SSE of Winchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Fawley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower
Century and Period: 15th century [re-tooled], Perpendicular [altered?]
Church Notes: present church 14thC; modified 15thC; modified and restored 19thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
No entry found for Owslebury in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 1908) notes: "The earliest mention of the present church of St. Andrew seems to be in the year 1551 [...] The chancel appears to be the earliest part of the church, dating from the first quarter of the fourteenth century [...] The font, at the west end of the nave, is octagonal with a moulded base to the bowl, and perhaps of fifteenth-century date, but much re-tooled." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU5143323309] notes: "Under tower donor board 1835 and retooled C15 octagonal font on column."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.00759,
-1.266582
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 0′ 27.32″ N,
1° 15′ 59.69″ W
UTM: 30U 621610 5652099
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-08-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.