Willoughton / Willchetone
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view of church exterior - north view
![Source caption: "St Andrew's Church, Willoughton [...] The only medieval features that remain of this church are the chancel and the remains of the perpendicular two-light south window in the chancel. In 1146 Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I and mother of Henry II gave the church to the Abbey of St Nicholas of Angers. The moiety of the church was passed to the Knights Templar by Simon de Clancy in 1212. [...] between December 1793 and 18th January 1794, it was pulled down with the chancel being the only part of the original church to be retained during rebuilding."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1190515001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew's Church, Willoughton [...] The only medieval features that remain of this church are the chancel and the remains of the perpendicular two-light south window in the chancel. In 1146 Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I and mother of Henry II gave the church to the Abbey of St Nicholas of Angers. The moiety of the church was passed to the Knights Templar by Simon de Clancy in 1212. [...] between December 1793 and 18th January 1794, it was pulled down with the chancel being the only part of the original church to be retained during rebuilding."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 8 July 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3032082] [accessed 15 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian S, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2018 by Ian S [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5790824] [accessed 15 May 2019]
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view of church interior - looking west
![view from the chancel; partly visible at the far [west] end, left [south] side, is the modern font](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1190515004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: view from the chancel; partly visible at the far [west] end, left [south] side, is the modern font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2018 by Ian S [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5910211] [accessed 15 May 2019]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 July 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3032088] [accessed 15 May 2019]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font of the 20thC
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian S, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2018 by Ian S [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5910252] [accessed 15 May 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22159WIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Church St, Willoughton, Gainsborough DN21 5SD, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B1398, NW of the A15-A631 crossroads, 14-15 km WENE of Gainsborough, 25-30 km N of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Aslacoe
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Church Notes: the moiety of the early church here "was granted by the Empress Maud to the Benedictine Abbey of St. Nicholas, Angers, [...] and the priory [alien priory of Willoughton] was probably built some time during the twelfth century" (VCH, vol. 2, 1906: 241)
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for Willoughton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK9393/willoughton/] [accessed 15 May 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for the alien priory of Willoughton in the Victoria County History (Lincoln, vol. 2, 1906) notes: "The manor and the moiety of the church of Willoughton were granted by the Empress Maud [1102-1167] to the Benedictine Abbey of St. Nicholas, Angers, [...] and the priory was probably built some time during the twelfth century." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK9316993327] notes: "Parish church. Late C13, C15, 1794, late C19. [...] C20 pews, pulpit, lectern and font."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.4287, -0.598
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 25′ 43.32″ N, 0° 35′ 52.8″ W
UTM: 30U 659584 5922649
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-05-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.