Hoyjord / Høyjord

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view of church exterior - northwest view
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trond Strandsberg, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 July 2007 by Trond Strandsberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Høyjord_stavkirke_TRS.jpg] [accessed 13 November 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20794HOY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Høyjord Stavkyrkje
Church Location: Høyjord, Andebu, Norway
Country Name: Norway
Location: Vestfold
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Andebu, Vestfold
Church Notes: original church may have been 11thC; present church is 12thC Romanesque with 13thC nave; restored 1948; 17thC retable
Font Notes:
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The present wooden font is from 1782 [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 12th-century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.367222, 10.120278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 22′ 2″ N, 10° 7′ 13″ E
UTM: 32V 563674 6581479