Old Stratford

INFORMATION

FontID: 18061STR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. John [disappeared?]

Church Patron Saints: St. John

Country Name: England

Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located just off (N) the junction of the A5, the A422 and the A508, 2 km W of Stony Stratford, near the county border with Bucks.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough

Historical Region: Hundred of Cleley

Century and Period: 14th century (mid?)

Font Notes: Click to view

The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 5, 2002) notes: "A chapel associated with the hermitage which stood on Watling Street at the northern end of Old Stratford appears to be first mentioned in a pontage grant of 1352." [NB: we have no information on whether the chapel had a font and or baptismal rights, or depended for some of the sacraments on the nearby churches at Passenham, Furtho or Stony Stratford at the time].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 646355 5770196

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-06-11 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.