Braithwell / Bradeuuelle

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view of church exterior - southwest view

EXT SW digital photograph taken 25 June 2014 by Neil Theasby [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4043399] [accessed 12 October 2018] Source caption: "St James Church, Braithwell. The Domesday Survey of 1086 records 'In Braduelle there is a church and a priest'. The present church was begun in the 11th century as a one cell Norman church. An ancient tympanum dated AD 1120-1130 adorns the south door. It is carved from one piece of sandstone and also dates from 1120-1130."
Scene Description: EXT SW digital photograph taken 25 June 2014 by Neil Theasby [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4043399] [accessed 12 October 2018] Source caption: "St James Church, Braithwell. The Domesday Survey of 1086 records 'In Braduelle there is a church and a priest'. The present church was begun in the 11th century as a one cell Norman church. An ancient tympanum dated AD 1120-1130 adorns the south door. It is carved from one piece of sandstone and also dates from 1120-1130."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Neil Theasby, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2014 by Neil Theasby [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4043399] [accessed 12 October 2018]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 21840BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: 6 Micklebring Ln, Braithwell, Rotherham S66 7AS, UK -- Tel.: +44 1709 543111
Country Name: England
Location: South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B6376, 2 km N of Maltby, E of the M18, SW of Doncaster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Sheffield
Historical Region: Hundred of Strafforth -- formerly ERYrks
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Font Notes:
There are two entries for Braithwell [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK5294/braithwell/] [accessed 12 October 2018], one of each reports a priest and a church in it. The entry for this church in Historic Churches [Listing NGR: SK5299294697] notes: "Church. C12, C13, C14 and C15; chancel rebuilt 1845, organ chamber added 1894", but there is no mention of a font in it. The entry for this church in Harman & Pevsner (2017) mentions no font in it, nor does the CRSBI (2018) entry.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.446, -1.204
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 26′ 45.6″ N, 1° 12′ 14.4″ W
UTM: 30U 619279 5923388

REFERENCES

Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2018-10-12 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Harman, Ruth, Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2017