Bromham / Bronham / Bruham / Bruneham [Domesday] (Beds.)

Results: 4 records

view of church exterior - southeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oliver White, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 October 2005 by Oliver White [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/85974] [accessed 10 September 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2004 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/330073] [accessed 10 September 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01266BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [restored], Perpendicular [altered?]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Owen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Owen [aka Audoen, Audoenus, Audoin, Dado, Ouen]
Church Notes: original church here 13thC
Church Address: Bromham, Bedford Borough MK43 8HH
Site Location: Bedfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just N of the A428, 5 km NNW of Bedford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Buckelowe [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Willey
Additional Comments: restored font? -- disappeared font (the 13th-century one)
Font Notes:
There are four entries for this Bromham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL0151/bromham/] [accessed 10 September 2015], none of which mention cleric or church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period in this church. The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The church appears to have been built in the 13th century, the nave arcade and the walling of the north aisle being of this date; the west tower is of the 15th century [...] The font is of clunch and dates from the 15th century, but has been restored; it is octagonal with traceried panels on an octagonal panelled shaft and base." Noted in Pevsner (1968): "Font. Octagonal, Perp, with pointed quatrefoils etc. and tracery."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 669711 5780600
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.149786, -0.519422
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 8′ 59.23″ N, 0° 31′ 9.92″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 186
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Bedfordshire and the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968, p. 59