Walton-on-the-Hill nr. Epsom / Walton on the Hill / Waltone

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Apostle or saint? - seated - right hand raised in benediction - left hand holding book - 2

Scene Description: the book is close to the breast; the figure is repeated once again on the basin sides

Image Source: C.S. Drake's colour photo

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Apostle or saint? - seated - right hand raised in benediction - left hand holding book - 2

Scene Description: the book rests on the knee; the figure is repeated once again on the basin sides

Image Source: C.S. Drake's colour photo

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Apostle or saint? - seated - right hand rests on the right knee - left hand holding book - 2

Scene Description: the right hand rests on the right knee; the left hand holds a book and rests on the left knee; the figure is repeated once again on the basin

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 3 April 2004 by John Wesley Barker [http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnwesleybarker/28081135/] [accessed 15 September 2010] Reproduced under the provisions of the Creative Commons Licence

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 6

Scene Description: with full columns, capitals and bases; each arch contains one of the seated figures

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: all around the upper basin side

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: all around the lower basin side

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: illustration in Lethaby (1893: fig. 30)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2013 by The Voice of Hassocks [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Peter's_Church,_Breech_Lane,_Walton-on-the-Hill_(NHLE_Code_1377991).JPG] [accessed 26 August 2013]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: "Font at Walton on the Hill" engraved by T.Fleming after a picture by T.Allom. Published in Brayley (1850)

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: watercolour (?) of "Font at Walton on the Hill" engraved by T.Fleming after a picture by T.Allom. Published in A Topographical History of Surrey, 1850 [http://www.antiqueprints.com/proddetail.php?prod=e1638] [accessed 28 November 2008]

Copyright Instructions: Reproduced here under conditions in http://www.antiqueprints.com/image-use.html [accessed 28 November 2008]

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the font on its new base in April 2004

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2004 by John Wesley Barker [http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnwesleybarker/28081135/] [accessed 15 September 2010]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01090WAL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter the Apostle

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: Breech Lane, Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, KT20 7SD

Country Name: England

Location: Surrey, South East

Directions to Site: Located on the A217, just N of the M25, S of London, 7 km SE of Epsom [NB: this location not to be mistaken with another "Walton-on-the-Hill", near Liverpool, also with an entry in this Index]

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Guildford

Historical Region: Hundred of Copthorne

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the SW end of the nave

Date: ca. 1150-1160?

Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman

Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font

Cognate Fonts: The font at Dorchester

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin S. Drake for the photograph of this font. We are also grateful to Steve Bartrick Antique Prints & Maps [www.antiqueprints.com] for their image of this font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for this Walton[-on-the-Hill] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ2255/walton-on-the-hill/] [aacessed 17 December 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Allen (1831) writes: "The font is a very curious one, of lead round which are nine figures, in a sitting posture, their faces much mutilated." Noted in Paley (1844) after en entry in 'Archaeologia' (vol. XI: 122). Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports: "there is a curious leaden font, formed with nine compartments, in each of which is a figure in a sitting posture." Illustrated in Bradley & al. (1850). Illustrated also in Brayley (1850), who writes: "An ancient leaden font, of which a representation is annexed, is the most curious object in the church. It is circular, resting on a massive circular stone-pedestal, and surrounded by nine whole-length figures, each in a sitting posture: of its history, nothing has been recorded." In Hussey (1852) [after M. & B.?] Noted in the National Gazetteer of 1868. Listed in Cox (1875) In Andre (1882) as a leaden font of the Norman period. Noted with an illustration in Lethaby (1893). Described and illustrated in Bond (1908) who dates it to the late-12th or early-13th century. Cox-Harvey (1907) describes it as a fine Norman font "of striking design". The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 3, 1911) notes: "Walton Church is said to have been founded by John de Walton in the first half of the 13th century [...] The most interesting thing in the church is the 12th-century lead font, cylindrical in shape, with its sides divided into eight and three-quarter panels, each under a round arch on twisted shafts with volute capitals; the spandrels are filled with foliage, and there are bands of foliage around the top and bottom edges. In each bay is the seated figure of a saint, each fourth figure repeating. Three out of each four have books, but there is no distinctive feature to show whom they are intended to represent. In two places on the top are the attachments for the staples of the cover. The font stands on a modern stone base at the south-west of the nave." Described and illustrated in Zarnecki (1957) who dates it to ca. 1150-1160). Noted in Rodwell (2009). Lead cylindrical baptismal font; the basin upper side is ornamented with a thin band of foliage motif; the lower basin side is ornamented with a similar band; in between, the rest of the basin is covered by an arcade containing six seated figures; each of three figures is repeated once to a total of six; the first figure has the right hand raised in benediction, the left hand holds a book to the chest; the second figure has also the right hand raised in benediction, the left hand rests the book on the knee; the third figure has the right hand on the knee and the left hand rests the book on the other knee; the arcade has round arches; capitals, arches and columns are ornamented, as are the spandrels and the bands below the rim and at bottom. [NB: not to be mistaken with another "Walton-on-the-Hill", near Liverpool, also with an entry in this Index]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.281922, -0.247808

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 16′ 54.92″ N, 0° 14′ 52.11″ W

UTM: 30U 691932 5684774

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, lead

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (includes rim): 48-50 cm

Basin Total Height: 33-35 cm / 35 cm*

Notes on Measurements: Cox-Harvey (1907: 221) -- *[Lethaby (1893)]

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: a flat and round wooden cover with a locking mechanism appears on the font in the 1850 engraving [cf. Images Area]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-12-17 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Allen, Thomas, A History of the County of Surrey ; comprising every object of topographical, geological, or historical interest, London: Isaac Taylor Hinton, 1831

André, J. Lewis, "Leaden Fonts in Sussex", 32, Surrey Archaeological Collections, relating to the history and antiquities of the county, 1882

André, J. Lewis, "Leaden font at the church of St. Mary, Walton-on-the-Hill.", IX, Surrey Archaeological Collections, relating to the history and antiquities of the county, [s.d.], pp. 157-160; r["References"]

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908

Brayley, Edward Wedlake, A topographical history of Surrey, London: G. Willis, 1850

Cox, John Charles J., English Church Fittings Furniture and Accessories, London: B.T. Batsford, 1922

Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

Crossley, Frederick Herbert, English Church Craftsmanship: an Introduction to the Work of the Mediaval Period and Some Account of Later Developments, London: B.T. Batsford, 1941

Hussey, Arthur, Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey mentioned in Domesday Book and those of more recent date [...], London: John Russell Smith, 1852

Lethaby, William Richard, Leadwork, old and ornamental, and for the most part English [...] with illustrations, London; New York: Macmillan & co., 1893

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831

Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844

Tyack, George Smith, Lore and legend of the English Church, London: W. Andrews, 1899

Zarnecki, George, English Romanesque Lead Sculpture: Lead Fonts of the Twelfth Century, London: A. Tiranti, 1957