Upper Stondon / Standon / Stondon

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18033STO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Meppershall Road, Stondon, Central Bedfordshire SG16 6LJ
Country Name: England
Location: Bedfordshire, East
Directions to Site: Located 4 km S of Shefford, 10 km NW of Hitchin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans [formerly in the diocese of Ely]
Historical Region: Hundred of Clifton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval [altered]
Kelly's Directory of 1898 [quoted in www.stondon.net/history.php] [accessed 11 May 2012] notes: "The church of All Saints was re-erected in 1857 [...] of the old church, a Late Norman structure, there remain the shaft of Norman piscine, c. 1150; the font [...]" The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 2, 1908) notes: "In 1261 Richard le Breton confirmed the advowson of the church of Upper Stondon to Merton Priory. [...] The church of All Saints was rebuilt in 1857 [...] The south doorway, which dates from the fourteenth century, is the only relic of the former church." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. The entry for this church in the English Heritage site [http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1312346] [accessed 11 May 2012] reports: "Church [...] Retains octagonal font, probably [...] C13."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.00648, -0.325864
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 0′ 23.33″ N, 0° 19′ 33.11″ W
UTM: 30U 683538 5765135

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-05-11 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.