Old Stratford

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18061STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (mid?), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Chapel of St. John [disappeared?]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.