Forest nr. St Peter Port / La Fouarêt / La Forêt
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image and permission received (e-mail of 9 November 2015)
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view of church exterior - north view
![showing the north porch, now the main entranceway of the church [NB: the main entrance was originally from the south side]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1151115027_compressed.png)
Scene Description: showing the north porch, now the main entranceway of the church [NB: the main entrance was originally from the south side]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 October 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 9 November 2015)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manxruler, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 July 2014 by Manxruler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ste_Marguerite_de_la_Foret_(Forest_Church).jpg] [accessed 15 November 2015]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font, probably late-19thC [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 October 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 9 November 2015)
INFORMATION
FontID: 20122FOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Ste. Marguerite de la Foret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret?
Church Location: Le Bourg de Haut, Forest, Forest, Guernsey, GY8 0BF
Country Name: England
Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands
Directions to Site: Forest is located 7 km SSW of St Peter Port on the south shore of the island, middle area, close to Guernsey airport
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Century and Period: 13th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
Church Notes: church originally 13thC; original main entrance was on the south side, but the north side portal has now become the main entranceway
Font Notes:
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The present font is probably from the 1891 restoration of the interior of the church. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 13th-century church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 529181 5474870