Candlestick of iron, the clip coloured blue, with a white cross on either side of the clip. Clipped onto the front of a church pew. [ASh [OPS move] 5/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Candlestick of iron, the clip coloured blue, with a white cross on either side of the clip. Clipped onto the front of a church pew. [ASh [OPS move] 5/4/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire Oxford Old Headington St Andrew's Church
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Percy Manning; PRM source Percy Manning
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1911
Date collected: By 1911
Acquisition information: Donated: 1911
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Pigment, Process Decorated, Process Painted, Process Forged (Metal), Process Socketed
Dimensions: Height: max 182 mm, Diameter: max 75 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1911.29.28 Other numbers: CV 2 [C V 2]
Research and responses: St Andrew's Church, Old Headington [AP 13/07/2006]
According to the British History Online article about Headington the church of St Andrew received its charter in 1122 and was built in the mid 12th century. 'Parishes: Headington', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5, Bullingdon Hundred, ed. Mary D Lobel (London, 1957), pp. 157-168 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol5/pp157-168 [accessed 31 March 2015]. [MJD 31/03/2015]

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