Churches
Baptismal Font Soberton
The baptismal font Soberton in the church of St Peter’s The font in St Peter’s church Soberton is Victorian with a hexagonal bowl on a single pedestal and a stepped base. The sides of the bowl are decorated with carvings of angels, crossed swords and keys. It has a wooden lid. Our intention is to…
Read MoreBaptismal Font Farringdon
The baptismal font Farringdon All Saints is a bit of a mixed up affair The font basin is a cylindrical tub, undecorated. This suggests a possible earlier date than the four C12th fluted capitals and raised plinth that it rests upon. The oak lid is early but difficult to date precisely. Our intention is to…
Read MoreBaptismal Font Bentley
The church of St Mary’s Bentley Hampshire is a good example of a late C12th Norman font. Quite simple in its decorated square design, the whole is topped by an impressive Gothic Revival cover.
Read MoreBaptismal Font Buriton
The baptismal font in the C12th church of St Mary’s Buriton, is as old as the church itself. The late Norman font was made from a slab of Purbeck marble and lined with lead before receiving its cover (now gone) after the 1234 edict requiring all font basins to be covered.
Read MoreHampshire Baptismal Fonts
Hampshire baptismal fonts range from the Saxon to the modern with an outstanding collection of Norman and Medieval fonts. The historical significance of the baptismal font is immense. Baptism is one of only two rites, the other being the Eucharist, for which there is Biblical authority and as such the act of baptism, in a…
Read MoreItchen Abbas Church
Itchen Abbas church of St John the Baptist, is a fine Victorian building that hides a much earlier church Alas the old church placed a great burden on the parish as its ancient walls and tower fell into decay and became unsafe. The church has some architectural remains that suggest it was built in the…
Read MoreThe Church in the Woods Bramdean Common
The Church in the Woods at Bramdean Common is one of the most delightful and moving churches in Hampshire. This simple building was erected to serve an itinerant working community in the late C19th.
Read MorePetersfield War Memorial
The Petersfield War Memorial was designed by Harry Inigo Triggs who lived at the house he designed, Little Boarhunt in Liphook Hampshire
Read MoreSt Mary and St Michael Stoke Charity
The church of St Mary and St Michael Stoke Charity was described by John Betjeman ‘This gem like little church is a veritable treasure house of beautiful things and in itself it is also of great beauty’. Enough said….
Read MoreSt Peter’s Church St Mary Bourne
St Peter’s Church St Mary Bourne is full of puzzles, defaced crusader tombs, a rare Tournai marble font and architecture that bewilders.
Read MoreSt John the Baptist Church Boldre
St John the Baptist Church, Boldre has possibly been a site of worship for over 2000 years St John the Baptist Church, Boldre occupies a beautiful location, standing aside the valley of the River Boldre as it cuts its way through the New Forest. It seems to be the perfect setting to foster the literary…
Read MoreAll Saints Church Farringdon
All Saints Church Farringdon has some fascinating and intriguing characters associated with it, from eminent scientists, to world renowned authors and builders of follys. Such a great deal of history connected with a small place of thatched cottages and pretty country lanes.
Read MoreSt Mary the Virgin Church Greywell
St Mary the Virgin church in Greywell, is a peaceful C12th sanctuary that sits back from it is a pretty village alongside a pasture full of cows. Its rood-loft only one of two in Hampshire that survived the Reformation.
Read MorePriors Dean Church
The church of Priors Dean in Hampshire sits splendidly in its isolation with only an attendant manor house for company.
Read MoreSt Mary’s Church Breamore
St Mary’s Church Breamore is one of Hampshire’s and maybe England’s finest Saxon buildings. St Mary’s church Breamore is thought to have been built as a Saxon minster on a royal estate and evidence has been found that it does in fact occupy an eastern corner of a large enclosure. Even today it has the…
Read MoreSt Mary the Virgin Church East Worldham
St Mary the Virgin Church East Worldham sits prominently on the crossroads at Worldham Hill St Mary the Virgin East Worldham was built in its present form in the C13th but quite obviously sits on the site of a much earlier Anglo Saxon building. Its position is no accident. An ancient forest track on the…
Read MoreHoly Cross Church Binsted
The Holy Cross Church Binsted sits on the top of a chalk ridge looking out from its delightful setting across the county of Hampshire. This beautiful C12th century church occupies a high position watching over its cluster of pretty village houses and farmland. Several points of interest are to be found in the church and…
Read MoreSt Bartholemew’s Church Botley
St Bartholemew’s church in Botley feels as if its Victorian congregation had just slipped out a while
Read MoreCharles Smith Poacher
The poacher Charles Smith buried in North Baddesley church yard, was he a victim or a perpetrator of crime?
Read MoreRomsey Abbey
Romsey Abbey is an imposing Romanesque church and once one of the most important ecclesiastical sites in England. It’s Abbesses came from royal and high status families and before the black death amassed great wealth.
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