Chilvers Coton / Celverdestoche

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2013 by Ian S [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3501306] [accessed 10 December 2014]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

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MOD FONT digital photograph taken 13 September 2008 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/24141292@N02/3098677974] [accessed 10 December 2014] [cf. FontNotes]

Scene Description: N/A MOD FONT digital photograph taken 13 September 2008 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/24141292@N02/3098677974] [accessed 10 December 2014] [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2007 by Beryl Allcoat [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/862933] [accessed 10 December 2014]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Source caption: "View along the south aisle at Chilvers Coton, rebuilt in the 1950s after the near destruction of the church by wartime bombing. The new aisle terminates in the chapel of the Three Kings, marked by a plain reredos in a recess, lit from above glass-bricks let into the ceiling."

Scene Description: Source caption: "View along the south aisle at Chilvers Coton, rebuilt in the 1950s after the near destruction of the church by wartime bombing. The new aisle terminates in the chapel of the Three Kings, marked by a plain reredos in a recess, lit from above glass-bricks let into the ceiling."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2008 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/3098679118/in/photostream/] [accessed 10 December 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Source caption: "1950s Gothic at Chilvers Coton. All Saints church in Chilvers Coton (now a suburb, close to the centre of Nuneaton) suffered a direct hit during an air raid in 1941 and was largely demolished, leaving just the late medieval tower and fourteenth century chancel standing. After the War the old tower and shallow chancel were retained in the rebuilt church, which now boasts a new nave in 1950s gothic, which is largely successful and blends surprisngly well with the older parts of the building. Much of the rebuilding was done with the assisstance of former German prisoners of War in an act of reconciliation. Today the interior is light and airy, with it's spacious modern nave and clear glazed windows (all the previous stained glass was lost in the bombing, which sadly included some fourteenth century fragments in a chancel window). The old church was best known for it's association with local novelist George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), who was baptised here in 1819 and attended services until the age of 21."

Scene Description: Source caption: "1950s Gothic at Chilvers Coton. All Saints church in Chilvers Coton (now a suburb, close to the centre of Nuneaton) suffered a direct hit during an air raid in 1941 and was largely demolished, leaving just the late medieval tower and fourteenth century chancel standing. After the War the old tower and shallow chancel were retained in the rebuilt church, which now boasts a new nave in 1950s gothic, which is largely successful and blends surprisngly well with the older parts of the building. Much of the rebuilding was done with the assisstance of former German prisoners of War in an act of reconciliation. Today the interior is light and airy, with it's spacious modern nave and clear glazed windows (all the previous stained glass was lost in the bombing, which sadly included some fourteenth century fragments in a chancel window). The old church was best known for it's association with local novelist George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), who was baptised here in 1819 and attended services until the age of 21."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2008 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/3095538545/in/photostream/] [accessed 10 December 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover

Source caption: "The font at Chilvers Coton, carved by Max Hatzinger, one of the German artists who helped rebuild the church, from pieces of the former nave columns, demolished by wartime bombing. The cover has a small sculpture of the Baptism of Christ by Heinrich Schonmeyer, the wood carver who also created the carved panels on the lectern here. The floor-tiles in the foreground are fourteenth century, but do not originate in this church, having come from nearby Astley."

Scene Description: Source caption: "The font at Chilvers Coton, carved by Max Hatzinger, one of the German artists who helped rebuild the church, from pieces of the former nave columns, demolished by wartime bombing. The cover has a small sculpture of the Baptism of Christ by Heinrich Schonmeyer, the wood carver who also created the carved panels on the lectern here. The floor-tiles in the foreground are fourteenth century, but do not originate in this church, having come from nearby Astley."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2008 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/24141292@N02/3098677974] [accessed 10 December 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "The cover has a small sculpture of the Baptism of Christ by Heinrich Schonmeyer".

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 13 September 2008 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/24141292@N02/3098677974] [accessed 10 December 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 19563CHI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Church Location: Avenue Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4NQ -- Tel.: +44 24 7638 3010

Country Name: England

Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located S of Nuneaton, now a suburb

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry

Historical Region: Hundred of Coleshill [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Hemlingford

Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Aidan McRae Thomson, of Warwickshire Churches [http://warwickshirechurches.weebly.com], for his photographs of this church and modern font

Font Notes: Click to view

There is an entry for Chilvers [Coton] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP3590/chilvers-coton/] [accessed 10 December 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 4, 1947) notes: "The advowson of the church of All Saints Chilvers Coton was granted to Arbury Priory on its foundation in the 13th century. [...] The chancel, and probably also the nave, date from the second half of the 13th century. [...] There are no ancient fittings or monuments." The present [modern] font is described by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/24141292@N02/3098677974] [accessed 10 December 2014]: "Postwar Font. The font at Chilvers Coton, carved by Max Hatzinger, one of the German artists who helped rebuild the church, from pieces of the former nave columns, demolished by wartime bombing. The cover has a small sculpture of the Baptism of Christ by Heinrich Schonmeyer, the wood carver who also created the carved panels on the lectern here. The floor-tiles in the foreground are fourteenth century, but do not originate in this church, having come from nearby Astley."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.513341, -1.465507

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 30′ 48.03″ N, 1° 27′ 55.82″ W

UTM: 30U 604131 5819243

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2014-12-10 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.