Hunston nr. Chichester
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 March 2012 by The Voice of Hassocks [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Leodegar%27s_Church,_Hunston.JPG] [accessed 18 September 2012]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18185HUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leodegar
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leger [aka Ledger, Léger, Leodegar, Leodegarius]
Site Location: West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located S of Chichester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Box and Stockbridge -- Rape of Chichester -- Sussex
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The Victoria Countyy History (Sussex, vol. 4, 1953) notes: "Robert de Haye in 1105 gave the church of Hunston to the abbey of Lessay [...] A drawing and description in the Gentleman's Magazine (fn. 61) for 1792 shows that it still retained a 12th-century south door, with cheveron moulding, partly mutilated for a modern porch. [...] he church was then 'in so decayed a state that its utter ruin seems unavoidable before long' [...] was wholly rebuilt in 1885 [...] The present font is modern, in the neo-Norman style." [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 656824 5630669
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.8065, -0.7742
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 48′ 23.4″ N, 0° 46′ 27.12″ W