Aston Ingham No. 1 / Estune
Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2014
Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
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inscription
Scene Description: "W.M."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2014
Image Source: photograph taken 27 October 1987 by Tim Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
inscription
Scene Description: "1689"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2014
Image Source: photograph taken 27 October 1987 by Tim Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
inscription
Scene Description: "W.R."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2014
Image Source: photograph taken 27 October 1987 by Tim Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
angel - cherub
Scene Description: below the date
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2014
Image Source: photograph taken 27 October 1987 by Tim Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2014
Image Source: photograph taken 27 October 1987 by Tim Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
view of basin and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes March 2007
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes March 2007
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes March 2007
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1931-1934
Image Source: Royal Commission's inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934): vol. II: pl. 56)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02087AST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Object Details: capital
Font Date: 1689
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late) [basin only] -- 13th century [lower base only] [composite font], Baroque [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: church originally 13thC; tower 16thC; re-built 1891
Church Address: Aston Ingham, Herefordshire HR9 7LS
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B4222, W of Newent, 12 km E of Ross-on-Wye, 20 km from Gloucester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Historical Region: Hundred of Bromsash [in Domesday] - Hundred of Greytree
Additional Comments: recycled font: composite font: 13th-century capital re-used as lower base, 17th-century basin and modern stem
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Aston [Ingham] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO6823/aston-ingham/] [accessed 20 October 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A lead font here is listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as dated 1689. Described in Bond (1908) as a lead font ornamented with various motifs and inscriptions which date it to 1689. Described and illustrated in the Royal Commission's inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934): "Font [...]: with cylindrical lead bowl with moulded top and bottom rims and drum ornamented in relief with initial W.R. and W.M. and date 1689, cherub-heads, acanthus leaves and foliage; modern stem with 13th-century moulded capital and chamfered base." [cf. Index entry for Aston Ingham No. 2 for a holy water stoup in this church, probably medieval]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes and Tim Marlow for their photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 537033 5751088
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.909308, -2.461641
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 54′ 33.51″ N, 2° 27′ 41.91″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal [basin] and stone [base], lead [and unknown stone]
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Location: on the side of the basin
Inscription Text: "W.R. / W.M. / 1689"
Inscription Source: Bond (1985 c1908: 77); Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: 5); Images area
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain, round and flat
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 77, 87
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 164
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934, vol. II: p. xxxi, 5 and pl. 56