Willian / Wickley / Wilie / Wilya / Wylien / Wylye
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Humphrey Bolton, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 February 2016 by Humphrey Bolton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4826958] [accessed 18 October 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20771WIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (early?), Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: 2 Willian Church Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG6 2AE
Site Location: Hertfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B197 [aka Letchworth Gate], SE of Letchworth Garden City, N of Stevenage
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Broadwater
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the early-12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Willian [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL2230/willian/] [accessed 18 October 2016] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Hertford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The advowson belonged to the lord of the manor, and is first mentioned in 1239 […] The chancel and nave date from the earlier part of the 12th century"; no font is mentioned in the VCH entry.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 691057 5760347
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.960945, -0.219126
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 57′ 39.4″ N, 0° 13′ 8.86″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.