Lower Gravenhurst / Cravenherst / Eya / Eye / Ion / Nether Gravenhurst / Yon

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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18037GRA

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [redundant]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Barton Road, Lower Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire MK45 4JR

Country Name: England

Location: Bedfordshire, East

Directions to Site: Located off the A6, 16 km SE of Bedford

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans [formerly in the diocese of Ely]

Historical Region: Hundred of Flitt

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular

Church Notes: St Mary is now a redundant church; its churchyard is used as cemetery by Upper Gravenhurst church

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 2, 1908) notes: "The church and rectory of Lower Gravenhurst were bestowed upon Newnham Priory by Simon de Beauchamp, its founder, in the reign of Henry II [1154-1189]. [...] The [present] church of Our Lady [...] is fortunately dated by documentary evidence, having been built by Sir Robert de Bilhemore, who died in or before the year 1361. [...] There is a plain octagonal font probably of early fifteenthcentury date." [NB: the National Gazetteer of 1868 gives the dedication of the church as St. John's].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.0045, -0.3833

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 0′ 16.2″ N, 0° 22′ 59.88″ W

UTM: 30U 679605 5764772

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat platform with raised scroll ribs; appears modern

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-05-14 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.