Weston Corbett

INFORMATION

FontID: 17620WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence [disappeared church; was in ruins by late-16thC]
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: [site of the disappeared church not known] Weston Corbett, Basingstoke RG25 2PB, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
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
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
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
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-. Accessed: 2011-08-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.