Audlem
Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973
Image Source: Richards (1973)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05084AUD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1744 [basin insert only]
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistry
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the southernmost area of the county
Font Notes:
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The description and illustration in Bond (1908: 36, 73, 271) refers not to the font itself but to a silver insert donated to the church in the mid-18th century by Ann Evans in the memory of her husband William. This silver insert would be placed on the existing font and, at that late date, would have been considered a more elegant and dignified vessel for the practice of baptism, as the inscription [cf. Inscription area]. Pevsner (1971) notes: "Font. Flat octagonal bowl. The panelling of the stem and base looks C17." Richards (1973) is not helpful either; he mentions: "a modern font in the baptistry" and shows an image captioned "Post-Reformation Font and Cover".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: on the basin insert
Inscription Text: "For the more decent celebration of the Holy Sacrament of Baptism in the Parish Church of Audlem. This Bason is humbly dedicated to the Font there by Ann Evans, widow of Wm. Evans, M.A., xxxv years master of the Free School of the said Parish, out of her regard for her said late Husband's intentions, tho' not required by his will, 1744"
Inscription Source: Bond (1985 c1908: 271)
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century?
Material: wood
Notes: low-dome octagon
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p, 73, 271 and ill. on p. 36
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cheshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971, p. 68
- Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973, p. 32, pl. 76