Drayton nr. Bringhurst
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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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
FontID: 19957DRA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: Main Street, Drayton, Leicestershire LE16 8SD
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located near Bringhurst and Gt. Easton, near Corby (Nhants.)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Gartree
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.520998,
-0.777137
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 31′ 15.59″ N,
0° 46′ 37.69″ W
UTM: 30U 650813 5821310
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-07-28 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.