Fishbourne / New Fishbourne

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INFORMATION
FontID: 18184FIS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Peter
Church Location: Fishbourne Rd West, Fishbourne, West Sussex, PO19 3XT
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located 3 km W of Chichester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Box and Stockbridge -- Rape of Chichester -- Sussex
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Harrison (1920) notes the Early English chancel that survived the 1850 restoration; no mention of a font. The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 4, 1953) notes: "The church was valued at £4 6s. 8d. in 1291 [...] In the late 18th century [...] it consisted of chancel, nave, and bell-cote only; the chancel was certainly, the nave probably, of the 13th century [...] The font and other fittings are modern". The British Listed Buildings database entry for this church [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-299796-church-of-st-peter-and-st-mary-fishbourn] [accessed 18 September 2012] notes: "C.1847 font with an octagonal stone bowl with carved decoration on an octagonal stem." [NB: we have no information on the font from the 13th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.83356,
-0.805851
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 50′ 0.82″ N,
0° 48′ 21.07″ W
UTM: 30U 654505 5633611
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