West Challow

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01008WES
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Orchard Gardens, West Challow, Wantage OX12 9TN, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A417, 3 km W of Wantage, about 26 km SSW of Oxford
Historical Region: formerly Berkshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Described in 'Church notes...' (1887) in the context of some "notes [that] were taken between 1835 and 1840": "Font, a plain Norman cylinder with a worked edge." Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a tub-shaped baptismal font of the Norman period

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.59304, -1.4718
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 35′ 34.94″ N, 1° 28′ 18.48″ W
UTM: 30U 605858 5716883

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped (cylindrical)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

"Church notes, chiefly in Berks, Wilts, and Oxford, with a few in Somerset and Gloucestershire", 44, Archaeological Journal, 1887, pp. 43-50; 185-193; 291-303; 397-402; r["References"]
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928