Camberwell / Cambrewelle
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view of church exterior
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 February 2010 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1721325] [accessed 8 March 2016]
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 February 2010 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1721294] [accessed 8 March 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20411CAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Church Location: 49 Wilson Road, Camberwell, Greater London SE5 8QZ
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A2217, just S of the A202 [aka Peckham Rd], S of Southwark
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwark
Historical Region: Hundred of Brixton -- formerly in Surrey
Century and Period: 11th century, Norman
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Camberwell [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ3276/camberwell/] [accessed 8 March 2016], and it mentions a church in it. The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 4, 1912) notes "The church of Camberwell, mentioned in the Domesday Survey, was granted by William Earl of Gloucester, lord of the fee, to the convent of Bermondsey. [...] The [present] parish church of ST. GILES is a large building of stone in the style of the 14th century, erected in 1844 and designed by Sir Gilbert Scott after the old church had been burnt down"; no font is mentioned in the VCH entry.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.473203, -0.08728
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 28′ 23.53″ N, 0° 5′ 14.21″ W
UTM: 30U 702279 5706473