Hindhead

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: the early-20thC church

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern font of neo-Norman design

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 August 2008 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/929951] [accessed 21 October 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20073HIN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Alban
Church Patron Saints: St. Alban [aka Albanus]
Church Location: Tilford Rd, Hindhead, Haslemere, Surrey GU26 6BH, UK -- Tel.: +44 1428 605305
Country Name: England
Location: Surrey, South East
Directions to Site: Located at the A3-A287 crossing, between Thursley (N) and Haslemer (S), 17 km SW of Guildford, by the county border with Hants.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Guildford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1904?
Century and Period: 20th century (early?), Modern
Church Notes: no early church known here
No individual entry for Hindhead found in the Domesdat survey. The entry for this church in Historic England [List Entry Number: 1272333] reports a modern font in this modern church: "Massive stone font at west end of nave: square bowl with blind arcading to sides, supported on four marble columns." The baptismal font in this modern church may be of interest only because it is a design brought back from the 12th century with the deformations [exagerated symbols, use of coloured marbles, etc.) introduced by the Victorians. [NB: we have not found record or evdidence of an early church here, the earliest being a temporary 'mission church' in 1904].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.124089, -0.743504
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 7′ 26.72″ N, 0° 44′ 36.61″ W
UTM: 30U 657906 5666045