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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: 19th-century St. Maurice
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Winchester City Council, 2010
Image Source: 19th-century St. Maurice B&W photograph taken by Winchester photographer William Savage (1817-87) and is found in an album entitled 'Hampshire Views of Churches, Country Houses and Public Buildings' [Object number: WINCM:PWCM 4440]
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view of church exterior - tower
Scene Description: the present remains of St. Maurice Church: the 12th-century tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Hispett, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 May 2011 by Tony Hisgett [ahisgett] [www.flickr.com/photos/hisgett/5699657512/] [accessed 6 September 2011]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17652WIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: [former Parish Church of St. Maurice]
Church Patron Saints: St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Church Location: High St, Winchester SO23 9LA, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located on Hugh Street, S side, Winchester city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Winchester]
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Church Notes: demolished 1840 except for the tower; re-built 1842; demolished 1950 except for the 15thC tower.
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) reports a sundial probably of Saxon times, and a "re-used 12th-century doorway" re-used in the re-building of this church in 1841. The VCH (ibid.) notes the first register of baptisms starting in 1575. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU4848629368] notes: "Only C15 tower remains of the church. Flint and rubble three-stages, corner buttresed. Incorporating a Norman arch." The Winchester Museums [www.winchestermuseumcollections.org.uk] [accessed 6 September 2011] report that the 19th-century church "was demolished in the 1950s the Norman tower with its fine south doorway was spared and is still a feature of the High Street." [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of the original church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.06192, -1.31264
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 3′ 42.91″ N, 1° 18′ 45.5″ W
UTM: 30U 618240 5658065
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-09-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.