Drayton nr. Bringhurst
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barry Ephgrave, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 April 2009 by Barry Ephgrave [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1273530] [accessed 28 July 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19957DRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Main Street, Drayton, Leicestershire LE16 8SD
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Bringhurst and Gt. Easton, near Corby (Nhants.)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Gartree
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from this church, originally a chapel-of-ease to Bringhurst)
Font Notes:
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No entry for this Drayton found in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Leicestershire, vol. 5, 1964) notes: "The church of ST. JAMES stands on the green in Drayton. It is a single room built of stone and roofed with slate, constructed on the site of the former chapel in 1878–9 by G. L. Watson. [...] The former chapel had been converted into a bake-house by 1794. An illustration of this date shows that it consisted of nave and chancel. A large semi-circular arch internally suggests that it was of 12th-century origin". [NB: we have no information on the font from the original chapel here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 650813 5821310
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.520998, -0.777137
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 31′ 15.59″ N, 0° 46′ 37.69″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.