Kingston nr. Newport / Chingestune / Kyngestone
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view of church exterior - north view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 September 2013 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3667955] [accessed 19 February 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17673KIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: Kelly's Directory of 1886 gives the dedication as St. Paul's
Church Address: Kingston, Ventnor PO38 2JZ, UK
Site Location: Isle of Wight, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B3399, 7 km SSW of Newport
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Portsmouth
Historical Region: Hundred of West Medine / Hundred of Bowcombe [in Domesday] -- formerly Hampshire
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Kingston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SZ4781/kingston/] [accessed 19 February 2020] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "The chapel of Kingston was built before 1251 [...] and remains much as it was built in the latter part of the 13th century"; the VCH entry does not mention a font. The registers of baptisms start in 1649. The church was rebuilt in the late-19th century. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SZ4788481299] notes: "Parish church. C13 origin"; no font mentioned here either. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 618503 5609990
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.629722, -1.324444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 37′ 47″ N, 1° 19′ 28″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.