Weston Corbett

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17620WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence [disappeared church; was in ruins by late-16thC]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Notes: Weston Corbett site of the disappeared church is described in sources as a farmstead or a very small hamlet that included Weston Corbett House, the Manor Farm and a batn or granary; Weston Corbett is classed as an extra-parochial liberty; no trace of the actual church and churchyard has been found yet; a reference to two presentations to this church (1447 and 1486) are mentioned in Douglas Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Kimball G. Everingham, 2011): vol. 1, p. 324
Church Address: [site of the disappeared church not known] Weston Corbett, Basingstoke RG25 2PB, UK
Site Location: Hampshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the M3, 2 km NE of Herriard, 5 km SE of Basingstoke
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Bermondspit
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13th-14thC church that was in ruins by the 16thC)
Font Notes:
No entry found for Weston Corbett in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 1908) notes: "The earliest mention of a church of Weston Corbett occurs in 1305 [...] The church was in ruins at the end of the sixteenth century, since which date there has been no church in the parish." [NB: we have no information on its medieval font].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 638541 5675885

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.