Easthampstead / Esthampsted / Jeshamsted / Lachenestede / Leshamsted
Image copyright © Parish and Pilgrimage Church of St Michael and St Mary Magdalene, Easthampstead, 2015
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lewis Hulbert, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2014 by Lewis Hulbert [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Michael_and_St_Mary_Magdalene's_Church,_Easthampstead.JPG] [accessed 18 March 2015]
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view of church interior - chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Sneller, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 November 2008 by Tim Sneller [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Michaels_Easthampstead_Chancel.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2015]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish and Pilgrimage Church of St Michael and St Mary Magdalene, Easthampstead, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph in the Parish and Pilgrimage Church of St Michael and St Mary Magdalene, Easthampstead [www.stmichaelseasthampstead.org.uk/baptism.htm] [accessed 18 March 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17743EAS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: Crowthorne Road, Easthampstead, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7ER
Country Name: England
Location: Berkshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SE of Wokingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Ripplesmere
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century [basin only?] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
There is an entry for Easthampstead [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SU8667/easthampstead/] [accessed 18 March 2015], but there is no mention of cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) notes: "Lawrence Abbot of Westminster (1159–75) granted the church of Easthampstead to William the prior and the brothers of Hurley [...] The church [...] erected, with the exception of the lower part of the tower, which is that of the old church, in 1866–7 in late 13th-century style [...] The font, which is that of the former church, has a plain octagonal bowl on a modern base." The octagonal basin has plain vertical sides with a short chamfer at the lower end; it is raised on column cluster, a square lower base and a three-step plinth, the whole support area a modern replacement. Wooden cover, octagonal and flat, with turned handle/finial; appears modern. [NB: the local claim that the font is from 1160 does not match the present font at all; we have no information on the font of the mid-12thC church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.401389,
-0.760278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 24′ 5″ N,
0° 45′ 37″ W
UTM: 30U 655792 5696843
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-23 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
