Churches
Tournai Font St Michael’s Southampton
Tournai font St Michael’s Southampton is one of four Belgian black marble fonts that can be found in Hampshire. It is carved with images of fierce some creatures
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The Tournai font St Mary Bourne Hampshire, is one of four Tournai black marble fonts to be found in Hampshire and wonderfully carved with symbols
Read MoreTournai Font Winchester Cathedral
The Tournai font Winchester Cathedral Hampshire, is still the only font in the Cathedral and used for baptisms. Carved with the story of St Nicholas, it has on one side a ship carrying travellers.
Read MoreTournai Font East Meon
The Tournai font East Meon tells the story of Adam and Eve Many people come to the pretty village of East Meon to visit its magnificent Norman church and to gaze upon its black Tournai font, situated to the left hand side just as you enter the church’s south door. A gift from Bishop Henry…
Read MoreAll Saints Church East Meon
The imposing All Saints church East Meon is a striking cross shape Norman building that sits above the floor of the Meon Valley and contains one of Hampshire’s four black Tournai marble fonts
Read MoreKing Alfred the Great, May He Finally Rest?
King Alfred the Great, his final resting place uncertain for so many years, could it finally have been resolved? The Winchester Uni team have some answers. To be revealed in a documentary in January 2014
Read MoreSt Peter’s and St Paul’s Church Exton
The C13th flint church of St Peter’s and St Paul’s nestles into the Meon Valley in Hampshire as if it has been there as long as the river itself. It has an unusual weeping chancel.
Read MoreCorhampton Church and King Cnut
A possible link between Corhampton church and King Cnut The Anglo Saxon church is awash with historical gems and it’s interesting to consider some of the connections made between its architecture and artefacts and other events that occurred in its long history. Go to the northern side of the church and look at the blocked…
Read MoreBaptismal Font Porchester
Hampshire baptismal fonts consist of many marvelous Norman examples. The baptismal font at Porchester St Marys, is an unusual example of a round font, carved with intricate symbols.
Read MoreWest Worldham Church
The West Worldham church of St Nicholas is set in a quiet place down Hampshire lanes, perched on a bank close to an ancient manor house. The small rectangular structure served as a cell to the Benedictine Abbey of Tiron in France.
Read MoreRichard Cromwell
Richard Cromwell Lord Protector of England and son of Oliver Cromwell, lived at Hursley in Hampshire and is buried in the church of All Saints Hursley.
Read MorePaulet Family in Hampshire
The Paulet family are an ancient and important family in Hampshire and also played an important role in the history of England. Memorials to the Paulet family and its variant spellings abound in churches around the county.
Read MoreOld Baptismal Font Hurstbourne Tarrant
The old baptismal font in the church at Hurstbourne Tarrant lies behind one of the pews. It dates from the Anglo Saxon period.
Read MoreBaptismal Font Hurstbourne Tarrant
The baptismal font Hurstbourne Tarrant St Peters, is the newest in the church, dating from the C13th. There is another older one tucked away behind a pew. The font in present day use is a new one relatively speaking, dating from the C13th and has a plain circular bowl resting on a stem which is…
Read MoreBaptismal Font Crondall
A Puritan font in Crondall, a symbol of the change afoot in the English church in its turbulent post Civil War period
Read MoreHoly Trinity Ashe
The church of Holy Trinity at Ashe in Hampshire has a wonderful history with connections to Jane Austen and the Charge of the Light Brigade
Read MoreSt Mary’s Church Amport
The church of St Mary’s Amport looks as though it has always been there but the C14th structure replaced an earlier church on the site
Read MoreSt Mary’s Church Abbotts Ann
St Mary’s church Abbots Ann has an amazing collection of virgin crowns and gauntlets hanging in the nave, not thought to be found in any other church in Hampshire
Read MoreNetley Abbey
Netley Abbey is the most beautiful historical site in Hampshire. It is the most complete C13th Cistercian monastery in southern England and quite stunning. It is free to visit, take a camera, it will not disappoint.
Read MoreUpper Wield Church
The church of St James in Upper Wield Hampshire is one of those simple C12th churches whose very simplicity give a sense of its ancient past and a present day serenity. See the monument to a member of one of Hampshire’s important families, the Wallops.
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