St. Helens / Saint Helens

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: the modern church of St. Helens

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view of church exterior - tower

Scene Description: the old church tower now a seamark

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Naturenet, 2002

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 January 2002 by Naturenet [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_helens_old_church1.jpg] [accessed 7 September 2011]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17660HEL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Helen
Church Patron Saints: St. Helena
Church Location: Duver Rd, St Helens, Ryde PO33 1XZ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Isle of Wight, South East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km from Ryde, on the E side of the island
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Portsmouth
Historical Region: Hundred of East Medine -- formerly Hampshire
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Church Notes: original church pre-Conquest; re-built with dual purpose as priory and parochial church; reported in bad state 16thC; ruinous by 18thC; nedw church built in 1717 on new site farther inland
No individual entry found for St. Helens in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "The original church of St. Helens was in a bad state as far back as the 16th century, [...] By the 18th century it had become so ruinous that a new church was built in 1717 [...] about a mile inland, and the old church allowed to go to ruin, the tower, a 13th-century structure, only being left standing. The tower about the same time was supported by brickwork and formed into a seamark." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.701457, -1.099273
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 42′ 5.24″ N, 1° 5′ 57.38″ W
UTM: 30U 634222 5618350

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-09-07 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.