Rowde
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 December 2005 by Robin Hall [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/91346] [accessed 24 January 2012]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17873ROW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Matthew [formerly St. Mary's]
Church Patron Saints: St. Matthew [formerly St. Mary]
Church Location: High Street, Rowde, Wiltshire, SN10 2NB
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A342, WNW of Devizes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Potterne and Cannings
Century and Period: 11th century, Norman
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 7, 1953) notes: "There was a priest at Rowde in 1086. [...] The Church of St. Matthew is known until 1833 as the Church of St. Mary. In that year it was rebuilt and rededicated. [...] Only the lofty 15th-century tower with battlemented parapets survives from the earlier building. [...] The font, designed by Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, was installed in 1850". The Parish web site guide [www.rowdevillage.co.uk/html/history.html] [accessed 24 January 2012] informs: "Mr. C. H. Lowe gave the oak font cover with its central brass cross in 1887". [NB: we have no information on the medieval font here].
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UTM: 30U 567536 5690306