Chichester No. 8 / Noviomagus Reginorum

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18117CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1300?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Pancras
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Pancras of Rome [aka Pancrace, Pancratius]
Church Address: Eastgate Square, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7LJ [the new church]
Site Location: West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located without the walls of the city, outside the ancient East Gate, on Market Rd., at the north corner of Eastgate Square
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1300 church here)
Font Notes:
The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 3, 1935) notes: "The present church was built in 1750–51 on the site of an earlier church, partially demolished in 1642. [...] The interior appears to have been entirely refitted in the latter part of the 19th century"; there is no mention of any font in the VCH entry for this church. The parish web site [www.stpancraschichester.org.uk/who-are-we/history-of-our-church/] [accessed 31 July 2012] notes: "There must have been a church here at least as early as 1309, when William Eyothe is recorded as Rector. It was destroyed during the Civil War and remained derelict from the mid 1640s until it was rebuilt in 1749, being completed in October 1750." [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 657385 5634450

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.