Whaplode Drove / Broddedrove

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Image copyright © Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2019

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Results: 2 records

view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "Whaplode Drove Church. The church is of a pleasant Georgian design, with an ancient chestnut tree shading the churchyard, and climbing roses against its walls. There is a simple war memorial by the gate."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Whaplode Drove Church. The church is of a pleasant Georgian design, with an ancient chestnut tree shading the churchyard, and climbing roses against its walls. There is a simple war memorial by the gate."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Prestidge, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2006 by David Prestidge [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/177302] [accessed 28 January 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font and cover

the modern font in the modern church
Scene Description: the modern font in the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken September 2017, in the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology [http://www.slha.org.uk/photogallery/?thistopic=Churches_InteriorFonts] [accessed 28 January 2019]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 21972WHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 1 Chapel Gate, Spalding PE12 0TL, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B1166, E of the A16, 9-10 km SE of Spalding
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Date: ca. 1322?
Century and Period: 14th century (early?), Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Ken Redmore, Website Editor, the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, for the photograph of the modern font here
Church Notes: original chapel/church here believed ca. 1322; present church 1821; extended 1907-1908 [source: Whaplode Parish Council would like to thank the ‘Local Village Guide & Directory’, from which this article was taken, and the author Cyril Hearn, for their kind permission to reproduce the article in this website.] [http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Whaplode/section.asp?docId=59562] [accessed 28 January 2019]]
Font Notes:
No individual entry found for Whaplode Drove in the Domesday survey. The present font in the re-built church is modern [NB: we have no information on the font of the 14thC church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.7035, -0.047
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 42′ 12.6″ N, 0° 2′ 49.2″ W
UTM: 30U 699508 5843380