Sedgehill
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view of church exterior - south view
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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
FontID: 17910SED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Catherine [aka St. Katherine's]
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Location: Crate Lane, Sedgehill, Wiltshire, SP7 9JN
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
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
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.052986, -2.192554
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 3′ 10.75″ N, 2° 11′ 33.19″ W
UTM: 30U 556593 5656027
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-02-09 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.