Newtown / Francheville / Fraunchevill / Frauncheville / La Neuton / Newetoune / Newton
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: the new Holy Spirit church was built on the ruined site of the medieval chapel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Ballard, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2003 by David Ballard [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/17777] [accessed 19 February 2020]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the new Holy Spirit church was built on the ruined site of the medieval chapel -- the font is also modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2009
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 1999 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1173679] [accessed 19 February 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17674NEW
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalen [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: [on the site of the new church of the Holy Spirit: Newtown, Isle of Wight, PO30 4PA]
Country Name: England
Location: Isle of Wight, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the large natural harbour on the NW coast, now a National Nature Reserve
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Portsmouth
Historical Region: Hundred of West Medine -- formerly Hampshire
Century and Period: , Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
No entry for this Newtown found in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "The 13th-century church of St. Mary Magdalen [...] at the end of the 18th century was but a ruin. [...] In 1835 it was replaced by a stone church dedicated in honour of the Holy Ghost." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. [NB: the new Holy Spirit church was built on the ruined site of the old chapel; we have no information on the medieval font].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 613503 5618711
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-03-22 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.