Hertford No. 2 / Hartfelde / Hertforde / Herutford
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 January 2008 by Dave Kelly [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3222016] [accessed 9 November 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20787HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Notes: church of 1893-95, replacing earlier building destroyed by fire in 1891, west tower added 1905
Church Address: 3 Queens Road, Hertford SG14 1EN
Site Location: Hertfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Hertford
Additional Comments: destroyed font? / disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday-time church here)
Font Notes:
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There are five entries for Hertford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL3212/hertford/] [accessed 9 November 2016]; one of the entries mentions a church in it; another mentions two churches in it. The Victoria County History {Hertford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The church of All Saints was probably one of those held by Peter de Valognes in 1086, [...] for Robert de Valognes gave it to Waltham Abbey. [...] The gift was confirmed by Richard I in December 1189, when the invocation is first mentioned [...] The church of ALL SAINTS was erected in 1895 on the site of the former church, which was burnt down in 1891 [...] The only fittings which escaped destruction were two brasses".
The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: TL3279912457] (1973) reports: "Font of polished fossil limestone, octagonal basin on column with attached rolls and shafts, with naive wood cover, carved by Vernon Hall for Christopher Perawne, Vicar 1960-66."
The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: TL3279912457] (1973) reports: "Font of polished fossil limestone, octagonal basin on column with attached rolls and shafts, with naive wood cover, carved by Vernon Hall for Christopher Perawne, Vicar 1960-66."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 701650 5742283
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.795, -0.0757
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 47′ 42″ N, 0° 4′ 32.52″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.