East Garston No. 2 / Argaston / Esegareston / Esegarestun / Esgar / Esgarston / Estgarston / Hesegerton

INFORMATION

FontID: 17720GAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Church Location: 8 Station Road, East Garston, Berkshire, RG17 7HH

Country Name: England

Location: Berkshire, South East

Directions to Site: Located 5 km SE of Lambourn, 9 km NE of Hungerford

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford

Historical Region: Hundred of Lambourn

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel

Century and Period: 17th century, Restoration

Font Notes: Click to view

There is an entry for East Garston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU3676/east-garston/] [accessed 27 May 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The font is modern; a small 17th-century font stands in the chapel."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.491608, -1.480991

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 29′ 29.79″ N, 1° 28′ 51.57″ W

UTM: 30U 605815 5704973

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-07 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.