Cholsey / Celsei / Ceolesig / Chausy / Cholsey / Choulcey

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Towards the Altar. For some reason Cholsey's altar is the other way round in that it is in the nave rather than the chancel. On the left you can see the original entrance door which tends not to be used so much now." MODERN FONT digital photograph taken 29 March 2013 by Bill Nicholls [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3413734] [accessed 27 March 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: with the chancel arch at the far [east] end -- the altar, however, is not in its usual position, and has been placed instead at the west end of the nave, hence the orientation of the seats -- notice also the position of the modern font, at the southeast corner of the nave; the old pulpit, on the other hand, has not been moved accordingly

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 March 2013 by Bill Nicholls [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3413725] [accessed 27 March 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Towards the Altar. For some reason Cholsey's altar is the other way round in that it is in the nave rather than the chancel. On the left you can see the original entrance door which tends not to be used so much now."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bill Nicholls, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 March 2013 by Bill Nicholls [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3413729] [accessed 27 March 2015]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes], located at the east end of the church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bill Nicholls, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 March 2013 by Bill Nicholls [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3413734] [accessed 27 March 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17763CHO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Road, Cholsey, Oxfordshire, OX10 9PS
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 3 km SW of Wallingford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford [formerly in the Diocese of Salisbury]
Historical Region: Hundred of Slotisford [in Domesday] -- formerly in Berkshire -- Hundred of Redaing
Century and Period: 11th century, Norman
There is an entry for Cholsey [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SU5886/cholsey/] [accessed 27 March 2015]; it mentions a church and one hide of church lands in it. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) notes: "William I granted the church to the abbey of Mont St. Michel, in Normandy, which held it of him in 1086 [...] The earliest church on this site of which traces remain was probably of the first half of the 11th century", and the first book of baptisms here starts in 1541. There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry but a font, probably a modern one, is shown in the church interior plan, in the middle of the nave, near the south wall.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.577957, -1.160073
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 34′ 40.64″ N, 1° 9′ 36.26″ W
UTM: 30U 627491 5715703

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-28 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.