Fonthill Gifford

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view of church exterior - west tower

Scene Description: the Victorian church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 October 2009 by My another account [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fonthill_Gifford_Holy_Trinity.JPG] [accessed 8 February 2012]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the Victorian font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2008 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/891705] [accessed 8 February 2012]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17909FON

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity

Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity

Church Location: Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, SP3 6PX

Country Name: England

Location: Wiltshire, South West

Directions to Site: Located 2 km SE of Hindon, 18 km W of Salisbury

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury

Historical Region: Hundred of Dunworth

Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval

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The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 13, 1987) notes: "Fonthill Gifford church was standing in 1291. [...] The medieval church, said in 1566 to have been dedicated to St. Nicholas, stood near Fonthill House. [...] was said to be ruinous in 1747. Its demolition was approved then [...] and a new church, beside the Hindon—Tisbury road at the south end of the park of Fonthill House, was consecrated in 1749. [...] The church was replaced in the period 1864–6 by a church built of ashlar on the same site to designs of T. H. Wyatt and dedicated to the Holy Trinity." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. The present font is modern, probably from the Victorian restoration of the church. [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.080256, -2.102161

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 4′ 48.92″ N, 2° 6′ 7.78″ W

UTM: 30U 562892 5659133

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-02-08 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.