Glentworth / Glenteurde / Glenteuurde [Domesday] / Glentewrde

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Results: 8 records

view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Late 12th century priest's door to the chancel of St.Michael's church".

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2008 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/794124] [accessed 14 July 2019]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "The church dates from the late 11th century onwards, and is built of ironstone and limestone with slate roof. There is a west tower, nave and chancel in one, with a south porch. The tower is late 11th century with a 14th century west window, there is also a small round headed 11th century window above. The tower was restored in the 19th century. The east side has earlier roofline visible beneath the Bell opening and clock. The nave has 19th century windows, the chancel was rebuilt in the late 16th century (to take the Wray monument). The south side of the chancel has a blocked opening to the east and a small 12th century doorway to the west. The tower arch is 11th century with round head, the chancel arch is 13th century. Inside there are 19th century pews, lectern, pulpit and altar rail. The font is 20th century. The large monument to Sir Christopher Wray is on the north side of the chancel. There is also a large white marble monument to Elizabeth Saunderson. The church was restored in the 19th and 20th Centuries."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2018 ny Jules & Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/78914786@N06/40967085101] [accessed 14 July 2019]

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view of church exterior - tower - south view - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Typically Saxon, 11th century bell opening and keyhole window in the tower of St.Michael's church".

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2008 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/794150] [accessed 14 July 2019]

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view of church interior - chancel arch - capital

Scene Description: Source caption: "An early form of stiff leaf capital in the late 12th century chancel arch of St.Michael's church".

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2008 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/794140] [accessed 14 July 2019]

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view of church interior - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 January 2013 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3292747] [accessed 14 July 2019]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "The nave has 19th century windows, the chancel was rebuilt in the late 16th century (to take the Wray monument). The south side of the chancel has a blocked opening to the east and a small 12th century doorway to the west."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2018 ny Jules & Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/78914786@N06/26095383427] [accessed 14 July 2019]

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view of font

Scene Description: the modern font -- plinth shows commemorative date in the 1860s

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Hitchborne, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2004 by Dave Hitchborne [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/434819] [accessed 14 July 2019]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian S, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2018 by Ian S [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5910744] [accessed 14 July 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22239GLE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: 30-26 Church St, Gainsborough DN21 5DJ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B1398 [aka Middle St], 2 km W of the A15-A631 crossroads and Caenby Corner, 8-10 km E of Gainsborough, 18 km N of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Aslacoe
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
There are five entries for Glentworth [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK9488/glentworth/] [accessed 14 July 2019], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK9458488106] notes: "Parish church. Late C11, late C12, mid C14, late C16, 1782, restored C19, C20. [...] Late C11 tower [...] Late C11 interior tower arch with round head and large impost blocks [...] C20 font." The modern font has 1860s dates on the plinth.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.38169, -0.5793
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 22′ 54.08″ N, 0° 34′ 45.48″ W
UTM: 30U 661004 5917462