Hove nr. Brighton / Hova / Huua / La Houue
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 September 2011 by The Voice of Hassocks [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Church_Road,_Hove_%28IoE_Code_365514%29.JPG] [accessed 6 December 2012]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18251HOV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew [aka Old St. Andrew's / St. Andrew's Old Church]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: there is a second St Andrew's in Hove, on Waterloo St., a redundant church on the Brunswick estate
Church Address: Church Rd, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2AD, UK
Site Location: East Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just W of Brighton, now jointly the City of Brighton and Hove
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Borough of Hove -- Rape of Lewes -- Sussex
Additional Comments: disappeared? (the font from the 13th-century church here)
Font Notes:
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Harrison (1920) mentions no font in it and notes: "The old parish church retains but little of the original edifice, having been nearly rebuilt in 1836." The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 7, 1940) notes: "The prebendaries of Hova Ecclesia were the rectors and also the patrons of the vicarage. [...] A vicarage was instituted before 1291, when it was valued at £5 [...] The old parish church of St. Andrew [...] consisted of a 13th-century nave of five bays with aisles on both sides, a chancel, and a west tower. This comparatively large building seems to have gradually fallen into disrepair with the decay of the village, and by 1724 the chancel had almost disappeared and the tower was in a very ruinous condition. [...] In 1836 the whole was entirely rebuilt except for the nave arcades. [...] No old monuments remain." [NB: we have no information on the original font from the 13th-century church here. The replacement church, All Saints' was built in 1892].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 698942 5634568
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.8286, -0.175
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 49′ 42.96″ N, 0° 10′ 30″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920, p. 132