Axmouth / Alsemude [Domesday] / Axemouth

Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019

Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 November 2019)

Results: 6 records

view of basin and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2019 by Colin Smith

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view of basin and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2019 by Colin Smith

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2019 by Colin Smith

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view of church exterior - south portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rod Allday, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 February 2012 by Rod Allday [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2828355] [accessed 18 November 2019]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: with the modern font in the foreground

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2019 by Colin Smith

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2019 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 November 2019)

INFORMATION

FontID: 22448AXM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Church St, Axmouth, Seaton EX12 4AG, UK -- Tel.: +44 1297 444499
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the B3172, across the Axe estuary from Seaton, near the mouth of the river, hence its name
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Axmouth
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
There is an entry for Axmouth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SY2591/axmouth/] [accessed 18 November 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SY2563891036] notes: "Parish church. C12, C13, C14 and C15 restored 1889 [...] C12 nave and chancel. [...] Late C19 furnishings." The present font in this church is modern [NB: we have no information on the font of the Norman church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.71444, -3.0543
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 42′ 51.98″ N, 3° 3′ 15.48″ W
UTM: 30U 496166 5618072