Great Gaddesden / Gaddesden Magna / Gatesdene
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 19thC font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20681GAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Piper's Hill, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire HP2 6HJ
Country Name: England
Location: Hertfordshire, East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km from Hemel Hempsatead, NE of Berkhamsted
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Danish [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Dacorum
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for [Great] Gaddesden [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL0211/great-gaddesden/] [accessed 27 July 2016]; it mentions a priest but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The Victoria County History (Hertfordshire, vol. 2, 1908) notes: "The east wall of the chancel is the oldest part of the building […] This work can hardly be later than the early part of the twelfth century, and the plan of the chancel, and of the nave without the aisles, is probably contemporary with it. […] The church has undergone much modern repair […] The font stands near the south door, and has a modern panelled octagonal bowl on a shaft." The present font is described in English Heritahe [Listing NGR: TL0286811263] (1967): "Early C19 font octagonal with quatrefoil panel on each face."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.79002, -0.510932
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 47′ 24.07″ N, 0° 30′ 39.35″ W
UTM: 30U 671662 5740615
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2016-07-27 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.