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view of church exterior - southwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20432SOU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George the Martyr
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Tabard St / Borough High St, London SE1 1JA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 20 7357 7331
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located on Borough High Street at Long Lane, Marshalsea Road and Tabard Street
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwark
Historical Region: Hundred of Brixton -- formerly in Surrey
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church Notes: original church here probably Norman; rebuilt late-14thC; present church probably 3rd on the site
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 4, 1912) notes: "The church of ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR was granted to the monks of Bermondsey by Thomas de Ardern and Thomas his son in 1122, and confirmed to them by Henry I"; no font mentioned in the VCH entry. Present octagonal grey marble font is modern [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.501263,
-0.092671
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 30′ 4.55″ N,
0° 5′ 33.62″ W
UTM: 30U 701781 5709578
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2016-03-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.