Midgham

INFORMATION

FontID: 17724MID
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Matthew
Church Patron Saints: St. Matthew
Church Location: School Hill, Midgham, Berkshire, RG7 5UW
Country Name: England
Location: Berkshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 4 km E of Newbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Murray (1882) writes: "The old Norm[an] font, of stone, with an arcade and figures in lead, has been preserved." The British Listed Buildings database [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-39584-church-of-st-matthew-midgham] [accessed 10 November 2011], however, reports a 19th-century font in this church at present.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 625000 5695951

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Murray, John [the firm], Handbook for travellers in Berks. Bucks and Oxfordshire, including a [...], London: John Murray, 1882