Acton Trussell / Actone

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: OLD FONT 1841 DRAW digital image of a 1841 sepia wash drawing of a font at Acton Trussell by John Buckler in the William Salt Library [www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/Details.aspx?&ResourceID=7238&PageIndex=52&SearchType=2&ThemeID=124] [accessed 22 July 2019] NOPERMIT Source caption: "'Font in Acton Church,' showing a plain bowl on a pillar.'J.B.,' [John Buckler.]" MOD FONT digital photograph in Steve Bulman's The Churches of Britain and Ireland [www.churches-uk-ireland.org/images/staffs/acton_trussel_fnt.jpg] [accessed 22 July 2019] © Dennis Harper (2011) NO KNOWN...

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2008 by Peter Morrell [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acton_trussell_church.JPG] [accessed 22 July 2019]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "The Church of St James, Acton Trussell. The village church dedicated to St James was originally built in 1212, with the tower and spire dating from the 16th century [...]. It was then enlarged and rebuilt in 1869; the main additions were a combined vestry and organ chamber on the north side and a new south porch. The church was re-opened after restoration in 1870 having been closed for 44 years."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 February 2019 by David Dixon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6052247] [accessed 22 July 2019]

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view of font

Scene Description: could this possibly be the font of the original 13thC church here? in the tower, as reported in Historic England? [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a 1841 sepia wash drawing of a font at Acton Trussell by John Buckler in the William Salt Library [www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/Details.aspx?&ResourceID=7238&PageIndex=52&SearchType=2&ThemeID=124] [accessed 22 July 2019]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the modern font in use

Image Source: digital photograph 2011 by Dennis Harper in Steve Bulman's The Churches of Britain and Ireland [www.churches-uk-ireland.org/images/staffs/acton_trussel_fnt.jpg] [accessed 22 July 2019] © Dennis Harper (2011)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22254ACT

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James

Church Patron Saints: St. James

Church Location: St James Cres, Acton Trussell, Stafford, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the M6 [junction 13], 1-2 km W of Bednall, 4-5 km NE of Penkridge, 5-6 km SSE of Stafford

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield

Historical Region: Hundred of [East] Cuttlestone

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 13th century, Early English

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for Acton Trussell [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ9318/acton-trussell/] [accessed 22 July 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. There is a 1841 sepia wash drawing of a font at Acton Trussell by John Buckler in the William Salt Library [www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/Details.aspx?&ResourceID=7238&PageIndex=52&SearchType=2&ThemeID=124] [accessed 22 July 2019]. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Stafford, vol. 5, 1959) notes: "A[cton Trussell] and Bednall, formerly two joint townships and chapelries within the ancient parish of Baswich, [...] now form a single civil parish [...] each chapel presumably having all rights of a parish church. [...] The chapel of Acton Trussell was built in the 13th century, presumably as a dependent chapel of Baswich [...] The church of ST. JAMES, Acton Trussell, stands a quarter of a mile south of the village. Before the middle of the 19th century it was approached by a footpath only. [...] The original structure dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, but the church was enlarged and partly rebuilt in 1870 under the direction of G. E. Street. [...] The present stone font is of the 19th century, but an early tub-shaped bowl is preserved in the churchyard. In 1841 the church contained an 18th-century pedestal font. (fn. 133) An old bassoon is preserved below the tower." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SJ9373217455] notes: "Parish Church. c1300 with later additions, restored 1869-70 by G.E. Street. [...] C19 font, circular with moulded base and arcaded bowl; Medieval stone font in tower. " The updated entry in Historic England notes: "Medieval stone font is placed immediately outside the church entrance."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.755, -2.1

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 45′ 18″ N, 2° 6′ 0″ W

UTM: 30U 560740 5845397

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-07-22 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.