Gamaches-en-Vexin / Gamaches dans le Vexin / Gamachez / Gamapium

INFORMATION

FontID: 20519GAM

Church/Chapel: Eglis paroissiale Saint-Ouen [old church now disappeared]

Church Patron Saints: St. Owen [aka Audoen, Audoenus, Audoin, Dado, Ouen]

Church Location: 27150 Gamaches-en-Vexin, France

Country Name: France

Location: Eure, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located near Etrépagny -- the old church was located where the present cemetery lies

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évreux

Historical Region: Haute-Normandie

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: original 12thC church abandoned late-19thC; new church built in village centre [source: www.gamaches-en-vexin.fr/Patrimoine.html [accessed 1 May 2016]]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The present font in the modern church here is probably 17th-18thC, brought over from the old church. [MN: we have no information on the font from the original church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.269444, 1.617778

UTM: 31U 399409 5458458