Elstead No. 1 / Helestede
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 March 2018)
Results: 4 records
view of basin
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 March 2018)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 March 2018)
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 March 2018)
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font in the context of the nave, looking east towards the altar
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 March 2018)
INFORMATION
FontID: 21652ELS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: Westbrook Hill, Elstead, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 6LQ, UK -- Tel.: 01252 705971
Country Name: England
Location: Surrey, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the B3001, 7 km WNW of Midhurst, 8 km SE of Farnham, WSW of Guildford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Guildford
Historical Region: Union of Midhurst, hundred of Dumpford, rape of Chichester
Date: ca. 1138?
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of the church and modern font
Church Notes: church built ca. 1138
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU9032943402] reports a modern font here: " C19 stone, octagonal font on panelled stem, each panel of bowl with double arched lancet panel". [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.182722, -0.709017
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 10′ 57.8″ N, 0° 42′ 32.46″ W
UTM: 30U 660116 5672639