East Blatchington / East Bletchington

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 18260BLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1150?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Belgrave Rd, East Blatchington, East Sussex, BN25 2HE
Site Location: East Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 1-2 km NNW of Seadord
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Sussex
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1150 church here?)
Font Notes:
Harrison (1920) reports that the present church was restored in 1860 but retains "some late Norman details (ca. 1150)"; no font mentioned. Noted by Mee (1937) as a baptismal font that had been found buried in the churchyard. The CRSBI (2008) cites Mee but gives the present whereabouts of that font as unknown. The Sussex Parish Churches site [www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/25/34/] [accessed 13 December 2012] notes: "Font: c1969 with a small bowl of polished brownish marble. It replaced a C19 one when the tower space was fitted up as a baptistery. Arthur Mee (p125) describes seeing an ancient font in the churchyard which was said to have been dug up, but this is not apparent today."

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 295814 5629249
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.779, 0.1036
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 46′ 44.4″ N, 0° 6′ 12.96″ E

REFERENCES

  • Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
  • Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920, p. 66
  • Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Sussex, 1937, p. 125