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Scene Description: Source caption: "The Chapel of St. John The Baptist, The Broadway, SO23. The chapel dates from the 13th C. St."
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Image Source: edted detail of a digital photograph taken 14 November 2012 by Mike Quinn [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3279198] [accessed 3 February 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22571WIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. John
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 32 St John’s South, The Broadway, Winchester SO23 9LN, UK -- Tel.: + 44 1962 854226
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: [NB: not to be confused with the Church of St John the Baptist, also in Winchester]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
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The entry for this chapel in the Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL, attached to St. John's Hospital [...] is of late 13th-century date"; no font mentioned in it. The entry for this chapel in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU4848629368] notes; "Chapel and lower part of St. John's rooms C13. Flint and stone. The ground floor of St. John's Rooms has C13 lancet window and was the original hall of the hospital"; it mentions no font in it either.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.0614, -1.3088
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 3′ 41.04″ N, 1° 18′ 31.68″ W
UTM: 30U 618511 5658013
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2020-02-03 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.