Westbourne / Bourne / West Bourne
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font and its cover
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font and cover in the context of the nave; looking east towards the altar
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18181WES
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Westbourne Rd., Westbourne, West Sussex, PO10 8UL
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located 1 km NE of Emsworth,
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Westbourne and Singleton -- Rape of Chichester -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 11th century, Medieval
The Domesday Survey mentions a church at Bourne, aka Westbourne, but nothing of that church remains. Walker (1908) reports that an earlier font, similar to the present one, was buried in the churchyard upon installation of the modern one [cf. infra]. Harrison (1920) reports a "fine (modern) carved cover to font", but does not comment on the font itself. The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 4, 1953) reports the church going back to the early-13th century, but does not mention a font in it. The Parish web site [www.westbourneparish.org.uk/nave.html] [accessed 18 September 2012] notes: "The font, with its elaborate wooden cover, was presented in 1865 by Mr. Sperling, the old font then being buried in the churchyard." [NB: the buried font is probably also a late one]. The modern font consists of an octagonal basin raised on a pedestal base; there is a very tall openwork font cover opertaed by a pulley; the cover is probably of the same date as the modern font. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.8604,
-0.9278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 51′ 37.44″ N,
0° 55′ 40.08″ W
UTM: 30U 645835 5636347
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-09-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920
Walker, A.K., An introduction to the study of English fonts, with details of those in Sussex, 1908
