Cuddington nr. Ewell / Codington / Codintone / Codyngton / Codynton / Cudintone
INFORMATION
FontID: 20047CUD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Old Parish Church [disappeared in mid-16thC]
Church Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Country Name: England
Location: Surrey, South East
Directions to Site: [disappeared village and church located at the foot of the downs between the villages of Cheam and Ewell]
Historical Region: Hundred of Copthorne [in Domesday]
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Cuddington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ2264/cuddington/] [accessed 24 September 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 3, 1911) notes: "The church of Cuddington was granted in the early 12th century by Hugh de Laval to Bernard the Scribe in trust for the Prior and convent of Merton [...] The whole of the former village of Cuddington, with its mansion and church, were swept away by Henry VIII to make room for the palace afterwards known as Nonsuch, and its two parks—the Great Park or Worcester Park (containing 911 acres), and the Little Park (containing 671 acres). The palace was never completed by Henry VIII [...] Of the original church the exact site cannot be determined at the present day. It was, with the old manor-house, at the foot of the downs between the villages of Cheam and Ewell. [...] The present church of ST. MARY THE VIRGIN is an unfinished building dating from 1895, and situated at Worcester Park. [...] the font of stone with marble shafts."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 692719 5693163
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-09-24 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.