Font - St Leonards Church, Yardley Gobion,Northant's
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Norfolk12
N 52° 05.748 W 000° 53.076
30U E 644905 N 5773804
A sturdy font in this Northamptonshire village church .
Waymark Code: WMA5VX
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/21/2010
Views: 1
The Anglican church, St Leonard's, is relatively modern, having been built in 1864 by the Duke of Grafton, who added a clock over the porch in 1889.
However, a church dedicated to St Leonard existed in former times on the site of what is now I High Street, with the churchyard on the land adjoining the High Street/Grafton Road bend. Between times and for those who eschewed High Church, a United Reformed chapel was built in 1826 overlooking Chestnut Green; regular services are still held.
Within St Leonard's there is a lectern dedicated to eight Canadian airmen whose aircraft crashed on the outskirts of the village (between the High Street and the new bypass) in 1944.
Approximate Age of Artefact: 1860's
Relevant Website: Not listed
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