Hawkesbury No. 3 / Hauochesderie / Havochesderie

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken on 20 March 2007 by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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design element - motifs - panel - 8

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken on 20 March 2007 by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken on 20 March 2007 by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01219HAW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Hawkesbury, Badminton GL9 1BN, UK
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A46 [aka Stroud Rd], about 20 km NE of Bristol
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Grimboldestou
Additional Comments: damaged font
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Hawkesbury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST7686/hawkesbury/] [accessed 11 April 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Betjeman (1980) reports two fonts in this church, a Norman and a later one. Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Fonts. Three, if the detached stone bowl on the floor is part of a Norman font. The font in use is C17, an octagonal bowl on a fluted base. Broken font, of similar date, by the tower arch." This one consists of a basin that is round at the top but has eight straight horizontal mouldings at the bottom, and eight vertical ones that create eight panels which make the shape of the basin otherwise octagonal; it is raised on a cylindrical stem decorated with two roll mouldings; stands on a quadrangular plinth or lower base. The inside of the basin is lined with lead, the lining modern. There is some damage to the upper rim and sides
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 546015 5714613
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.5807, -2.3359
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 34′ 50.52″ N, 2° 20′ 9.24″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round [cf. FontNotes]
Drainage Notes: lead lining

REFERENCES

  • Betjeman, John, Collins Guide to Parish Churches of England and Wales (including The Isle of Man), St.Jame's Place, London: Collins, 1980, p. 85
  • Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 1: 409