Lasham / Esseham / Lassam / Lasseham / Lassham / Lesham / Lesseham / Lessham

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: the 19thC re-built church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 April 2018 by David Martin [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5741334] [accessed 2 August 2018]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: this font, like the church itself, is 19thC, when the medieval church was re-built

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 November 2010 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2176034] [accessed 2 August 2018]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21779LAS

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Location: Trinity Hill, Lasham, Alton GU34 5RB, UK -- Tel.: +44 1420 561154

Country Name: England

Location: Hampshire, South East

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A339, and W of the B3349, 2 km NNE of Bentworth, 6 km NW of Alton, about 10 km S of Basingstoke

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester

Historical Region: Hundred of Odiham

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

Church Notes: 12th-13thC medieval church replaced by mid-19thC building

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There is an entry for Lasham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU6742/lasham/] [accessed 2 August 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "When the manor of Lasham was divided in 1207, the advowson fell to the share of Ralph de Gere [...] The [present] church of ST. MARY is a small building built in 1866, in the 13th-century style"; the VCH entry mentions no font in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU6758442492] mentions no font in it either.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.178239, -1.034345

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 10′ 41.66″ N, 1° 2′ 3.64″ W

UTM: 30U 637394 5671483

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2018-08-02 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.