Much Marcle No. 1
Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1931-1934
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B01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding - 3
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1931-1934
Image Source: Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: pl. 159)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1931-1934
Image Source: Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: pl. 159)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 02504MUC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Church Location: Church Ln, Much Marcle, Ledbury HR8 2LY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1531 631531
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 16 km SE of Hereford, 4-5 NE of Ross-on-Wye
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman? / Medieval
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: 129 and pl. 159): "Font: round tapering bowl with three slightly projecting bands and plain base, 13th-century." Cox & Harvey (1907) list a Norman font at Much Marcle. Listed in Marshall (1951: 8). Described in Davies (1962) as having "three flat bands, one at the top, one at the bottom and one at the middle. Gethyn-Jones (1979) dates the font to pre-1150. [cf. Index entry for Much Marcle No. 2 for another object listed in this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.99182, -2.5009
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 59′ 30.55″ N, 2° 30′ 3.24″ W
UTM: 30U 534270 5760246
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead lined
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962
Gethyn-Jones, Eric, The Dymock School of Sculpture, London: Phillimore, 1979
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934