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Image Source: photograph taken in 2003 by Michael Ford [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1539298] [accessed 21 May 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the top of the modern octagonal font is visible on the left [north] side

Image Source: digital photograph in www.wasing.co.uk [accessed 2 November 2011]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17712WAS

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas

Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra

Church Location: Wasing Park, Wasing Lane, Wasing , Berkshire, RG7 4NG

Country Name: England

Location: Berkshire, South East

Directions to Site: Located in Wasing Park, a private estate, 12 km SE of Newbury

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford

Historical Region: Hundred of Thatcham [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Faircross

Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for Wasing [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU5764/wasing/] [accessed 21 May 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The first reference that we have to a church here is in 1297. [...] There is no earlier detail than the 13th-century lancet in the north wall of the chancel, which was built early in that century, though the thickness of some of the nave walling points to an earlier date. [...] The font and furniture are modern. " The present font, an octagonal basin raised on a pedestal base is located in the nave, towards the west end, north side; probably 19th-century. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.37484, -1.173564

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 22′ 29.42″ N, 1° 10′ 24.83″ W

UTM: 30U 627120 5693093

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-02 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.