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

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17720GAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: 8 Station Road, East Garston, Berkshire, RG17 7HH
Site Location: Berkshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km SE of Lambourn, 9 km NE of Hungerford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Lambourn
Additional Comments: local pronounciation = Argasson -- disappeared earlier font? (ca. 1100?)
Font Notes:
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

UTM: 30U 605815 5704973
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.491608, -1.480991
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 29′ 29.79″ N, 1° 28′ 51.57″ W

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.