Lewes No. 4

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2009 by The Voice of Hassocks

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 September 2009 by Charlesdrakew [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lewes_St._Michael's_Church_11.JPG] [accessed 26 July 2014]

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view of font

Scene Description: the 19thC font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 September 2009 by Charlesdrakew [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lewes_St._Michael's_Church_10.JPG] [accessed 26 July 2014]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19384LEW

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael / St. Michael-in-Lewes

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: Church Lane, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2JA

Country Name: England

Location: East Sussex, South East

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester

Historical Region: Rape of Lewes -- Sussex

Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman

Church Notes: round-tower church -- original church probably 12thC; nave and aisles 13th-14thC

Font Notes: Click to view

There are two entries for Lewes in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TQ4110/lewes/] [accessed 26 September 2014], but neither mentions a church or cleric in it. The present font is modern; round basin with blind arcade of round arches; on central shaft and eight outer colonnettes. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.8723, -0.0071

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 52′ 20.28″ N, 0° 0′ 25.56″ W

UTM: 30U 710567 5639892