Carlton nr. Market Bosworth
Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/carlton-church-st-andrew/] [accessed 30 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the modern font is visble at the far [west] end, left [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/carlton-church-st-andrew/] [accessed 30 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 19959CAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew [originally St. Andrew; later St. Michael; later still St. Andrew]
Church Location: Main Street, Carlton, Leicestershire CV13 0BZ
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Market Bosworth, 25 km W of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester [formerly in the Diocese of Peterborough]
Historical Region: Hundred of Guthlaxton
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], for his photographs of this church
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The English Heritage entry for this church (1986) reports a modern font here, from the 1867 restoration by H. Goddard & Son. The medieval church here was destroyed by fire and a new church built in 1764. The church registers go back to 1574. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.636817,
-1.417753
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 38′ 12.54″ N,
1° 25′ 3.91″ W
UTM: 30U 607070 5833046