Audlem

Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973

Image Source: Richards (1973)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05084AUD
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located in the southernmost area of the county
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistry
Date: 1744 [basin insert only]
Century and Period: 17th century,
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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cheshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971
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