Ravensden
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 September 2014 by Philip Jeffrey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4178649] [accessed 15 September 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17686RAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Ravensden, Bedfordshire, MK44
Site Location: Bedfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 7 km NE of Bedford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Buckelowe [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Great Barford
Additional Comments: dissappeared font? (the medieval font?)
Font Notes:
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No individual entry for Ravensden found in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The church of Ravensden was bestowed upon Newnham Priory by Simon de Beauchamp and included in the foundation charter c. 1166. [...] The nave has a north arcade of three bays, c. 1260 [...] The font, at the south-west of the nave, is modern." [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 675766 5783984
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.178291, -0.42926
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 10′ 41.85″ N, 0° 25′ 45.34″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.