Ellel / Elhal / Elhale / Ellehale / Ellhale / Hilhale

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 November 2018 by Ian Greig [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5989959] [accessed 3 April 2019]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 22069ELL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Date: ca. 1156?

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Late Norman

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Chapel [later Church] of St. John

Font Location in Church: [disappeared]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist

Church Address: Church Ln, Ellel LA2 0PW, UK -- Tel.: 01524 751125

Site Location: Lancashire, North West, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located just NNE of Galgate, E of the Lancaster to Preston road, W of the M6, 5 km S of Lancaster

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Blackburn

Historical Region: Hundred of Lonsdale -- Hundred of Amounderness [in Domesday]

Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the mid-12thC(?) chapel here)

Font Notes: Click to view

There is an entry for Ellel [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SD4856/ellel/] [accessed 3 April 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this township in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 8, 1914) notes: "The origin and dedication of the ancient chapel of Ellel are unknown. It existed before 1156 [...] The chapel, now known as St. John's, was rebuilt in 1804, [...] and a new church was built on an adjacent site in 1907"; no font mentioned. The entry for this church in Historic England (Listing NGR: SD4860155842) mentions no font in it either.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 514062 5983109

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.9961, -2.7855

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 59′ 45.96″ N, 2° 47′ 7.8″ W

REFERENCES

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