East Grinstead / Estgrensted / Grenestede
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18274GRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Swithun
Church Patron Saints: St. Swithun [aka Swithin]
Church Location: Church Lane/St Swithun's Close, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3BB
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located E of Crawley, 34 km NNE of Brighton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of East Grinstead -- Rape of Pevensey -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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The present font, located by the entranceway, is Victorian, octagonal with traceried panels and adorned with crosses and quatrefoils on the sides; probably from the 1871 restoration reported in Harrison (1920), but painted later in the next century. The church itself is 15th-century, although an earlier church existed here in the 12th century. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here]. [NB: the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, also in East Grinstead is modern, and it has a modern font and stoup [cf. www.stmaryeastgrinstead.co.uk/guide/index.htm] [accessed 17 January 2013].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.1243, -0.0059
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 7′ 27.48″ N, 0° 0′ 21.24″ W
UTM: 30U 709513 5667911
REFERENCES
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920