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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "All Saints originally was a medieval church, however, underwent a major rebuild in the 18th century, only the lower part of the tower is still medieval."

Scene Description: Source caption: "All Saints originally was a medieval church, however, underwent a major rebuild in the 18th century, only the lower part of the tower is still medieval."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 February 2008 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/708118] [accessed 30 October 2014]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Source caption: "Interior, All Saints' Church Worcester. The church probably dates back to Saxon times. The Normans built a church here, and traces of it can be found in the north-east tower buttress. That church was rebuilt in the Fifteenth Century, and the lower stage of the tower is of that time. The present building is from 1742-45. The work has sometimes been ascribed to Thomas White, well-known Worcester architect of that period. There were box pews and a west gallery with organ. The church was further restored in 1869. The East window dates from 19th C."

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior, All Saints' Church Worcester. The church probably dates back to Saxon times. The Normans built a church here, and traces of it can be found in the north-east tower buttress. That church was rebuilt in the Fifteenth Century, and the lower stage of the tower is of that time. The present building is from 1742-45. The work has sometimes been ascribed to Thomas White, well-known Worcester architect of that period. There were box pews and a west gallery with organ. The church was further restored in 1869. The East window dates from 19th C."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2012 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3074936] [accessed 30 October 2014]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19480WOR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Church Location: Deansway, Worcester WR1 2JJ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1905 734625

Country Name: England

Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester

Historical Region: Hundred of Fishborough [in Domesday]

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

There are three entries for Worcester [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO8454/worcester/] [accessed 30 October 2014], neither of which mention cleric or church in it. Miller (1890) notes the 13th-century church here re-built in 1742; the first recorded rector "Thomas R. Mangereii, Epis. ... 1212"; no mention of a font made in Miller. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "In 1175 a controversy between Osbert Fitz Hugh and the Prior of Worcester as to the advowson of All Saints', Worcester, was settled in favour of Osbert, with the condition that the clerk nominated by him should be presented by the prior to the bishop, and should pay half a mark yearly to the convent", which very likely meands there was a font here before 1175. The present font is reported as "a Georgian “bird bath” font" in the parish web site [www.allsaintsworcester.org.uk/history/] [accessed 30 October 2014]. [cf. Index entry for Worcester No. 4 for a medieval font said to have been from this church to St. Andrew's, also in Worcester].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.191857, -2.224067

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 11′ 30.68″ N, 2° 13′ 26.64″ W

UTM: 30U 553040 5782661

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2014-11-03 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Miller, George [Revd.], The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester, Birmingham: Hall & English, 1890