Long Lawford / Lelleford
Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2013
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view of church exterior - northeast end
Scene Description: Source caption: "St John's Church was built in 1839 originally as a chapel of ease to St Botolph's at Newbold on Avon. It subsequently served Long Lawford's growing population but was closed in 1995 when the fabric of the building was found to be unsafe. Services were permanently transferred to the nearby former church hall. The old church is now being offered for commercial sale or let."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stephen McKay, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2009 by Stephen McKay [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1493602] [accessed 29 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2013 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/10732886533/in/photostream/] [accessed 29 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2013 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/10732656246/in/photostream/] [accessed 29 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 19693LAW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John [redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Church Location: Chapel Street, Long Lawford, Warwickshire CV23 9BE
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A4071, 6 km equidistant from Rugby (W), and Curch Lawford (E)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry [formerly in the Diocese of Worcester]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Aidan McRae Thomson, of Warwickshire Churches [http://warwickshirechurches.weebly.com], for his photographs of this church
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for [Long] Lawford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP4775/long-lawford/] [accessed 29 January 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. English Heritage notes: "Church; built as a chapel of ease. Dated 1839 [...] Font of 1886 has four granite columns and octagonal basin." Aidan McRae Thomson, of Warwickshire Churches [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/10733029236/in/photostream/] [accessed 29 January 2015] writes: "St Peter's at Church Lawford is a mostly Victorian structure by Slater & Carpenter 1872 and quite a handsome building. The only medieval part is the north arcade inside and a plain blocked Norman south door." A 12 September 2009 photograph showed the church had been put up for dale or let. [NB: we have no information on the font from the original Norman church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.383421, -1.307079
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 23′ 0.32″ N, 1° 18′ 25.48″ W
UTM: 30U 615220 5805033