Hurst
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Nicholas' church, Hurst. Some features from the C12 and C13 survive. The tower is unusual in that it is made of brick. It was built in 1612. Archbishop Laud who did so much to ignite the English Civil War preached in this church in 1625 while visiting friends in the parish."
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17720HUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: Church Hill, Hurst, Berkshire, RG10 0SN
Site Location: Berkshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A321, 3 km S of Twyford, 6-7 N of Wokingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford [formerly in the Diocese of Salisbury]
Historical Region: Hundred of Charlton
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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No entry found for this Hurst in the Domesday survey. Keyser (1919) notes: "The font is new, taking the place of the plain old Norman tub font in 1875." The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) notes: "The oldest part of the church is the north arcade of the nave, the easternmost bay being of 12th-century date", but does not mention a font in this church. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the 12th-century font here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 648873 5702052
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.450056, -0.857478
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 27′ 0.2″ N, 0° 51′ 26.92″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Keyser, Charles E., "Notes on the churches of Ruscombe, Shottesbrooke, Waltham St. Lawrence and Hurst", 25, No.1 (July 1919), Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archaeological Journal, 1919, pp. 3-18; p. 61