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St Peter, Woodmancote, Sussex

Location
(50°55′13″N, 0°15′0″W)
Woodmancote
TQ 231 149
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now West Sussex
  • Kathryn Morrison

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Feature Sets
Description

Heavily restored in the 1860s by Woodyer, the church has a single nave with opposing N and S doorways, and a large chancel. There is a bell turret with a broach spire over the W gable.

History

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

This font probably dates from the early 13thc., but has been heavily restored. It is included in the Corpus because it is a descendant of the square Sussex marble fonts produced in great numbers throughout Sussex in the late 12thc. See note on this type of font under Heyshott.

Bibliography
M. F. Drummond-Roberts, Some Sussex Fonts Photographed and Described. Brighton 1935, 106.
A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English fonts with details of those in Sussex. London 1908, 106-07.