Kimpton nr. Stevenage / Kamintone

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2012 by Bikeboy [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2997262] [accessed 30 August 2017]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Peter and St Paul, Kimpton. The nave is C11 and around 1200 the aisles were added. The chancel was added a short time after and in C15 the south chapel and tower were added. The church was heavily restored in 1861 when the north aisle was completely rebuilt. The windows and doors were repaired and altered and the organ chamber and north vestry were added."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2015 by Bikeboy [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4471144] [accessed 30 August 2017]

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "As we reached the recreation ground in Kimpton, we had this fantastic view of the church -- Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, between the buildings as we approached Kimpton."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 May 2011 by AnemoneProjectors [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GOC_Kimpton_135_Kimpton_(5727258958).jpg] [accessed 30 August 2017]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 September 2006 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/374426] [accessed 30 August 2017]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the modern font is partially visible in the south aisle, opposite the doorway

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 September 2006 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/374431] [accessed 30 August 2017]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font and cover by the south doorway

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 September 2006 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/374427] [accessed 30 August 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20751KIM

Church/Chapel: Parish Church OF St. Peter and St. Paul

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul

Church Location: B651, Kimpton, Hertfordshire SG4 8RP

Country Name: England

Location: Hertfordshire, East

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B651, 7 km ESE of Luton, SW of Stevenage

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans

Historical Region: Hundred of Hitchin

Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman

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There is an entry for this Kimpton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL1718/kimpton/] [accessed 5 October 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Hertfordshire, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The existing nave is probably of the same plan as that of the original 12th-century building, which consisted of an aisleless nave and chancel. About 1200 the north and south aisles were added, and at the same time, or perhaps a little later, the chancel was enlarged to its present size. There are traces of 14th-century alterations in the chancel, but it was not until the 15th century that any further addition was made, when the south chapel was built, the south aisle probably partly rebuilt, the clearstory of the nave was made, and the south porch and west tower were added. In 1861 the church was rather drastically restored" ; there is mention of a font in the VCH, nor does one appear in the interior plan in the same source. No font is mentioned in the English Heritage entry for this church [Listing NGR: TL1775818526] (1968) either. The present font is modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.849832, -0.291653

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 50′ 59.39″ N, 0° 17′ 29.95″ W

UTM: 30U 686535 5747804