South Hinksey / Hengestesige / Southengseye
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Bates, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 Januery 2006 by Colin Bates [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/114232] [accessed 2 June 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17733HIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: 5 St Laurence Road, South Hinksey, Oxfordshire, OX1 5BA
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located by the Southern By-Pass Rd., 1.5 km S of the centre of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: formerly Berkshire -- Hundred of Hormer
Font Notes:
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No entry found for South Hinksey in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The church of South Hinksey is mentioned as a chapel to Cumnor in 1401 [...] and remained so till the middle of the 18th century. [...] The nave and chancel appear to have been built early in the 13th century [...] The font is of the 13th century, and has a circular bowl tapering slightly to the base, which is moulded and rests on a square plinth."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 619918 5732653
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.731955, -1.263506
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 43′ 55.04″ N, 1° 15′ 48.62″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.