Sharnford / Scerneford / Scerneforde
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/sharnford-church-st-helen/] [accessed 24 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20013SHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Helen
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Church Notes: original church 13thC
Church Address: Sharnford, Leicestershire LE10 3PE
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B4114, just S of Sapcote, 18 km SSW of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Guthlaxton
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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There are four entries for Sharnford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP4891/sharnford/] [accessed 24 August 2015], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The present font is Victorian.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], for his photograph of this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 616145 5820569
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.522835, -1.288086
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 31′ 22.21″ N, 1° 17′ 17.11″ W