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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 November 2007 by Rosemary Oakeshott [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/618129] [accessed 6 September 2011]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17653WIN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: St. Michael's Passage, Winchester SO23 9PE, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Hampshire, South East

Directions to Site: The church is in St Michael's Passage which joins Kingsgate Street and St Michael's Road

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century

Font Notes: Click to view

The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "In the centre of the south wall of the nave is a stone sundial [...] It probably dates from the 13th century. [...] The chancel of the original church was apparently replaced by the present chancel about 1880. [...] The octagonal panelled font appears to be of late 16th or early 17th-century date." The entry for this church in Historic England [English Heritage Legacy ID: 144788] notes: "Former parish church, now serving as a chapel to Winchester College. [...] C15 stone font has octagonal bowl carved with quatrefoils, a cylindrical stem and a moulded octagonal base. [...] Holy water stoup adjacent to door." [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.05784, -1.3156

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 3′ 28.22″ N, 1° 18′ 56.16″ W

UTM: 30U 618043 5657607

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: 2011-09-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.