Thistleton / Thissleton / Thistilton / Thysteltun / Tisteltone / Tisteltune / Tistertune / Tylystineton / Tystelton
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Russ Hamer, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2010 by Russ Hamer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thistleton_Rutland,_St_Nicholas.JPG ] [accessed 20 July 2015]
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Wood, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 Octpober 2012 by Peter Wood [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3193827] [accessed 20 July 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19942THI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1226?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: Main Street, Thistleton, Rutland LE15 7RE
Site Location: Rutland, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A1, ENE of Market Overton, at the NE end of the Kendrew Barracks, 15 km NNE of Oakham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Alstoe
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca.1226 church here)
Font Notes:
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There are seven entries for this Thistleton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK9117/thistleton/] [accessed 20 July 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Rutland, vol. 2, 1935) notes: "The first mention of the advowson is in 1226 [...] With the exception of the tower, which is of 14th-century date, the whole of the church was rebuilt in 1879–80 [...] The font and pulpit are modern."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 658583 5847161
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.751, -0.6503
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 45′ 3.6″ N, 0° 39′ 1.08″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.