Bonsall / Bondesdale / Bondeshale / Bountisall / Bunteshale

INFORMATION

FontID: 01569BON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James the Apostle
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: 49 Church St, Bonsall, Matlock DE4 2AE, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1629 824707
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
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

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

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