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view of church exterior - southeast view

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."
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

FontID: 17720HUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Church Hill, Hurst, Berkshire, RG10 0SN
Country Name: England
Location: Berkshire, South East
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
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman? / Transitional?
Font Notes:
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.450056, -0.857478
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 27′ 0.2″ N, 0° 51′ 26.92″ W
UTM: 30U 648873 5702052

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-28 00:00:00. 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