Winchester No. 5 / Venta Belgarum / Wintanceaster / Yenta Belgaruan
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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 October 2009 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1544237] [accessed 6 September 2011]
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design element - motifs - quatrefoil - in a circle - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 October 2009 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1544237] [accessed 6 September 2011]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mike Faherty, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 4 January 2020 by Mike Faherty [ww.geograph.org.uk/photo/6360796] [accessed 3 February 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Allan Soedring, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Allan Soedring [www.astoft.co.uk/winchstjohn.htm] [accessed 6 September 2011]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris Talbot, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 December 2010 by Chris Talbot [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2386157] [accessed 3 February 2020]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 October 2009 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1544237] [accessed 6 September 2011]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17651WIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 19 St John's St, Winchester SO23 0HF, UK -- Tel.: +44 7510 988696
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located on St John's Street on the way up to St Giles Hill, in East Winchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Century and Period: 15th century (mid?), Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Allan Soedring, of www.astoft.co.uk, for his photograph of this church
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "The history of the present building begins late in the 12th century [...]The octagonal font dates from the middle of the 15th century, and has quatrefoiled panels on each face of the bowl, the stem having a trefoiled panel on each face." [NB: we have no information on the font of the late-12th century church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.062419, -1.306428
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 3′ 44.71″ N, 1° 18′ 23.14″ W
UTM: 30U 618674 5658131
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-09-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.