Rocester No. 2 / Rouecestre / Rowcestre / Rowecestre
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: "Parish Church. C13, but mostly rebuilt in 1870-72" [cf. FontNotes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22232ROC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5JY, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B5030, about 7 km NNE of Uttoxeter, near the county border with Derbyshire
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Historical Region: Hundred of Totmonslow
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There are two entries for Rocester [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK1039/rocester/] [accessed 10 July 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK1117039373] notes: "Parish Church. C13, but mostly rebuilt in 1870-72 [...] C19 stone font with octagonal shaft to moulded base and circular bowl inscribed around top: "SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME AND FORBID THEM NOT FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN"".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.9523,
-1.834
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 57′ 8.28″ N,
1° 50′ 2.4″ W
UTM: 30U 578335 5867601