St Oswald, Hooe, Sussex

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Location

(50°51′28″N, 0°23′18″E)

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Site Location

Hooe

National Grid Reference

TQ 682 092

Boundaries

pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now East Sussex

Diocese

medieval Chichester
now Chichester

Dedication

medieval not confirmed
now St Oswald

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Kathryn Morrison

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Furnishings

Description

Hooe church has a W tower, an aisleless nave, a S porch, a broad, square-ended chancel and a N chapel (now vestry). The church was entirely rebuilt in the 15thc., with the exception of the N chapel, which belongs to the 13thc.

History

Drummond-Roberts records a dedication to St James or St Oswald.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

Bibliography

Victoria County History: Sussex. 9 (Rape and Honour of Hastings). 1937, 245-56.

M. F. Drummond-Roberts, Some Sussex Fonts Photographed and Described. Brighton 1935, 45.

A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English fonts with details of those in Sussex. London 1908, 96-97.