Mid Lavant
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18176LAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Lavant Rd, Lavant, West Sussex, PO18 0AE
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the A286, just N of Chichester, S of Midhurst
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Westbourne and Singleton -- Rape of Chichester -- Sussex
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Font Notes:
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Harrison (1920) notes a small Norman window in the south wall of the nave in this mostly Early English church building, but mentions no font in it. The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 4, 1953) notes: "Savaric fitz Cane gave the church of Mid Lavant to Lewes Priory in the early 12th century, and the church was among those confirmed to the priory in the charter of Bishop Ralph dated 1121. [...] The nave is of the 12th century, the chancel was added or rebuilt in the 13th [...] The font and other fittings are modern." The VCH 1938 interior plan shows the modern font located in the nave, southwest side. This modern font is a plain octagonal one. [NB: we have no information on the font of the 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 656032 5637892
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-09-17 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920