Sopley / Shpley / Shoppele / Sopelie / Soppelee / Soppesle Sypley
Image copyright © Chris Hayley, 2011
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the much altered font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris Hayley, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Chris Hayley [http://southernlife.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris Hayley, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Chris Hayley [http://southernlife.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2012 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3007348] [accessed 13 February 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17658SPL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [re-tooled], Decorated [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: Mill Ln, Sopley, Christchurch BH23 7AY, UK
Site Location: Hampshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located between Christchurch and Ringwood, on the E bank of the Avon river, in the New Forest
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Christchurch / Hundred of Shirley [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the earlier font of the 12th century)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Sopley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SZ1596/sopley/] [accessed 13 February 2020] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "The church of Sopley was granted to the priory of Christchurch in about 1140 [...] In the 13th century the church was greatly enlarged [...] Late in the 14th century the nave was completely rebuilt [...] The font, probably of the late 14th century, has a plain octagonal bowl, stem and base, which have been re-tooled, and stands under the east arch of the tower." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SZ1673798427] notes: "Parish church. C13, earlier origins, restored C15, C19 & C20. [...] Under tower retooled C14 font."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Chris Hayley, of http://southernlife.org.uk, for his photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 586064 5624936
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.7698, -1.7795
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 46′ 11.28″ N, 1° 46′ 46.2″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decorations and ring handle; modern
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.