Bonsall / Bondesdale / Bondeshale / Bountisall / Bunteshale

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01569BON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James the Apostle
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: 49 Church St, Bonsall, Matlock DE4 2AE, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1629 824707
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Font Notes:
Cox (1875-1877) notes: "The font, which stands under the tower archway, is of octagon shape, and has a chalice-like appearance in its general design, for the base-stone expands almost equally with the font itself. It is about three feet three inches high, and is of Perpemdicular workmanship." Cox (ibid.) further notes that the church here was probably built soon after the Conquest, although the first documentary mention of it is in the 1291 Taxation Role of Pope Nicholas IV, in which the rectory of 'Bondeshale'.
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 594773 5886564
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.120067, -1.583828
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 7′ 12.24″ N, 1° 35′ 1.78″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 99.06 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in ft/in in Cox (1875-1877)]

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 195