West Challow
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01008WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: Orchard Gardens, West Challow, Wantage OX12 9TN, United Kingdom
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A417, 3 km W of Wantage, about 26 km SSW of Oxford
Historical Region: formerly Berkshire
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 605858 5716883
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.59304, -1.4718
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 35′ 34.94″ N, 1° 28′ 18.48″ W
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; p. 185
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 17