Falmer / Falemela / Falemere / Felesmere
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Les Whitcomb, 1950
Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1950 by Les Whitcomb and posted in Geograph by Peter Whitcomb in 2009 [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1539089] [accessed 15 November 2012]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18244FAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Laurence [aka St. Lawrence's] [original church demolished]
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: East St, Falmer, East Sussex, BN1 9PB [the modern church]
Country Name: England
Location: East Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NE of Brighton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Younsmere -- Rape of Lewes - Sussex
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Font Notes:
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Harrison (1920) notes the old church was re-built in 1817, but mentions no font. The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 7, 1940) notes: "There was a church in the manor of Falmer in 1086. [...] It originally consisted of a 12th- or 13th-century nave, with a south aisle and west bell-cote and a chancel. [...] In 1815 the whole church was destroyed and entirely rebuilt [...] The registers date from 1640." [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 704702 5640515
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-11-14 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920