Upper Shuckburgh / Higher Shuckburgh / Ouer Shugbury / Shockbourgh / Shuckborough / Socheberge / Sucheberga

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19707SHU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [aka Shuckburgh Hall Church / St John the Baptist in the Wilderness]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Southam/Daventry Rd., Lower Shuckburgh, West Midlands
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A425 road, equidistant (8 km) between Daventry and Southam
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry [formerly in the Diocese of Worcester]
Historical Region: Hundred of Marton [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Knightlow
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century, Restoration
There are three entries for [Lower and Upper] Shuckburgh [variant spelling] in the Domesday surve [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/XX0000/lower-and-upper-shuckburgh/] [accessed 6 February 2015], but neither mentions cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "The church of Upper Shuckburgh was granted by Robert de Succheberga, and confirmed about 1150 by Robert de Alvers, to the nunnery of Wroxall. [...] The church, except the base of the tower, has been completely rebuilt within recent times [...] The font is placed in the tower and has an hexagonal basin supported on an hexagonal stem with a moulded capital and a splayed base." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP4970961761] (1967) reports: "C17 octagonal font and lid with finial on C19 stem"

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.2516, -1.2737
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 15′ 5.76″ N, 1° 16′ 25.32″ W
UTM: 30U 617841 5790426

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-02-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.