Harbury / Edburberie / Erburberie / Erburgeberie
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2014 by David Purchase [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3940485] [accessed 27 January 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19685HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Church Street, Harbury, Warwickshire CV33 9EY -- Tel.: (01926) 612377
Site Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (NE) the M40, 5 km SW of Southam, 8 km SE of Leamington Spa
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Stoneleigh [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Knightlow
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday-time church here)
Font Notes:
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There are five entries for Harbury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP3759/harbury/] [accessed 27 January 2015], one of which, in the lordship of William Bonvallet, mentions a priest, but not a church though there probably was one there. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "The church was granted to Kenilworth Priory by the younger Geoffrey de Clinton about the middle of the 12th century. [...] The church [...] built in the latter part of the 13th century [...] has been much altered in modern times [...] Opposite the north door is a modern stone font with an octagonal basin, having foliated panels on all sides, octagonal shaft, moulded base, and a circular basin lined with copper." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP3744459997] (1987), which reports and octagonal modern font in this church, also lists a "Former Font Approximately 0.5 Metres West of Tower of Church of All Saints [...] Former font. Mid C18. Limestone ashlar. Square-section pedestal tapering to base, with moulded cornice. Small shallow bowl. Removed from inside the church." [NB: we have no information on the font from the Domesday-time church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 605686 5788518
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.236921, -1.452285
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 14′ 12.92″ N, 1° 27′ 8.23″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.