Ore nr. Hastings

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view of church exterior - tower

Scene Description: the old church tower [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: B&W photograph reproduced in Sussex Parish Churches [www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/226/34/] [accessed 30 January 2013]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 18297ORE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Helen

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena

Church Notes: the old church is now in ruins, except for its restored tower, which stands by the 19th-century building, also dedicated to St. Helen

Church Address: Ore Place, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 2UG

Site Location: East Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located on the A259; it is now a northern suburb of Hastings

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester

Additional Comments: damaged font? [cf. FontNotes]

Font Notes: Click to view

The old church, now in ruins by the later one, was still standing ca. 1870 and is described in Wilson's 1870 Imperial Gazetter: "The old parochial church is a plain edifice of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with porch, vestry, and low tower". Harrison (1920) reports: "The E[arly] E[nglish] church (13th c.) is in ruins ; but the old font has been placed in the partially restored tower." The Sussex Parish Churches site [www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/226/34/] [accessed 30 January 2013] informs: "A broken font, probably C12, is kept in the tower."

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 331738 5638327

REFERENCES

Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920, p. 156
Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872, [cited in www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=8873 [accessed 30 January 2013]]