Sedgehill
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trish Steel, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2007 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/338463] [accessed 9 February 2012]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17910SED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Catherine [aka St. Katherine's]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Address: Crate Lane, Sedgehill, Wiltshire, SP7 9JN
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km N of Shaftesbury (Dorset), 8 km SW of Berwick St. Leonard
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Dunworth
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church)
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 13, 1987) notes: "The church was dedicated to St. Catherine in 1395 [...] Registrations of baptisms from 1759"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. The British Listed buildings database [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-321210-church-of-st-katherine-sedgehill-and-sem] [accessed 9 February 2012] reports: "C19 octagonal stone font in tower".
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 556593 5656027
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.052986, -2.192554
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 3′ 10.75″ N, 2° 11′ 33.19″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.