Wybunbury

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01199WYB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Chad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Church Address: Main Rd, Wybunbury, Nantwich CW5 7SB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7704 338885
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B5071, 5-6 km S of Crewe
Font Notes:
There is an early description of this font in Lysons (1806-1833): "octagonal, and embattled with Gothic tracery, including shields of arms". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907: 170, 189) as a heraldic baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Noted in Pevsner (1971): "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal, with simple motifs."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 536952 5877441
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.0452, -2.4488
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 2′ 42.72″ N, 2° 26′ 55.68″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 170, 189
  • Lysons, Daniel, Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain, London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806-1822, vol. 2, part 2: p. 444
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cheshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971, p. 392