Ashford / Asheford / Assheford / Ecclesforde / Echelesforde / Echelford / Exeforde
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: present church dedicated to St Matthew built mid-19thC a few yards west of the site of its predecessor, St Michael's church, which was demolished at the time, but materials and monuments moved to St Matthew's
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22176ASH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Matthew [originally St. Michael]
Church Patron Saints: St. Matthew [formerly St. Michael]
Church Location: Church Rd, Ashford TW15 2PL, UK -- Tel.: +44 1784 259093
Country Name: England
Location: Surrey, South East
Directions to Site: This Ashford is located almost entirely in the Surrey borough of Spelthorne, but with a small part in the London Borough of Hounslow, and was formerly part of Middlesex; it is 20-24 km WSW of Charing Cross and 4-5 km S of Heathrow airport
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of London
Historical Region: Hundred of Spelthorne -- formerly Middlesex
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Church Notes: present church dedicated to St Matthew built mid-19thC a few yards west of the site of its predecessor, St Michael's church, which was demolished at the time but materials and monuments moved to St Matthew's
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Ashford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ0771/ashford/] [accessed 28 May 2019]; it mentions no church in it but the lord in 1066 was " Aelfric, the Abbot of Chertsey's man". The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Middlesex, vol. 2, 1911) notes: "Until comparatively recent times Ashford Church was a chapel dependent upon the church of Staines. [...] The parish church of ST. MATTHEW, built in 1858, is at least the third church built on the site, the previous one being built of brick in 1796, and replacing an older building of brick and stone, dedicated in honour of St. Michael, with a 12thcentury south doorway"; no font mentioned. The present font is modern, probably by Butterfield.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 676272 5701140
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-05-28 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.