Almondsbury

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BBL01: design element - motifs - scallop

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01215ALM

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: England

Location: Gloucestershire, South West

Directions to Site: Located just NW of Bristol, on the NW side of the crossing of the M4 with the M5

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Norman square bowl with scalloped edge, cylindrical pedestal and base, rectangular plinth." The wooden cover is square and decorated with ironware, and is provided with a ring handle.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 529637 5711822

REFERENCES

Betjeman, John, Collins Guide to Parish Churches of England and Wales (including The Isle of Man), St.Jame's Place, London: Collins, 1980

Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002