Horn nr. Stamford / Hernseld / Horne / Hornefeld / Hornfield / Hornseld / Thorn

INFORMATION

Font ID: 19941HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints [in ruins in the 15thC; disappeared by 1811]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Horn, Stamford PE9, United Kingdom
Site Location: Rutland, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A1, 10 km NW of Stamford
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Peterborough]
Historical Region: Hundred of Witchley [in Domesday] --
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday-time church here)
Font Notes:
There are two entries for Horn [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK9511/horn/] [accessed 16 July 2015], one of which mentions a priest, but not a church, in it, though there probably was one there. Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-1872) reports there was no church in Horn at the time. The Victoria County History (Rutland, vol. 2, 1935) notes: "A priest was returned in the Domesday Survey with the Bishop's manor of Horn, [cf. supra] which may indicate that this was the manor to which the church was attached. [...] The church of Horn dedicated to ALL SAINTS [...] fell into ruin probably in the 15th century. [...] In 1539 it was described as once a church, but now devastated [...] Its site is uncertain, but it is believed to be in Exton Park, where, near a thorn tree, the rector was inducted in 1809. Blore, writing in 1811, states that 'not a single fragment now remains of the edifice.'"

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 662786 5841288

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.