Bognor Regis

INFORMATION

FontID: 18189BOG

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. Batholomew [aka Parish Church] [disappeared]

Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew

Church Location: [cf. FontNotes]

Country Name: England

Location: West Sussex, South East

Directions to Site: Located 10 km SE of Chichetser

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester

Historical Region: Hundred of Aldwick -- Rape of Chichester -- Sussex

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 4, 1953) notes: "There was from early times a chapel at Bognor with the invocation of St. Bartholomew, dependent upon the parish church of Pagham. [...] This was stated to have been long standing unserved in 1384 when Archbishop Courtenay presented a chaplain. [...] the chapel of Bognor [...] fell into the sea". [NB: we have no information on whether this former chapel carried out baptisms at the time -- all other churches in Bognor are or were modern].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 663799 5628198

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-09-24 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.