Sharnford / Scerneford / Scerneforde
Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Standing permission
Results: 1 records
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
FontID: 20013SHA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Helen
Church Patron Saints: St. Helena
Church Location: Sharnford, Leicestershire LE10 3PE
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
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
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], for his photograph of this church
Church Notes: original church 13thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.522835,
-1.288086
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 31′ 22.21″ N,
1° 17′ 17.11″ W
UTM: 30U 616145 5820569