Chickerell / West Chickerel

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Results: 9 records

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BBL01: design element - motifs - knob

Scene Description: a band of, all around

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BBL02: design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand

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BBU01: design element - motifs - scallop

Scene Description: a band of, all around the upper basin side

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of font

Image Source: B&W photograph by Rev. E.V. Tanner in Long (1923)

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view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05921CHI

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: England

Location: Dorset, South West

Directions to Site: Located on the B3157, just NW of Weymouth, 12 km S of Dorchester

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S side, by the entrance

Date: ca. 1150?

Century and Period: 12th century (mid) [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]

Cognate Fonts: The fonts at Chickerell, Eardisley, Morwenstow, South Milton and Bishop's Teignton, all have a cable moulding that appears to contract the shape of the vessel into a cup-shape

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Gerald Duke of www.martinstown.co.uk, and to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of this font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874): "The font is a good Norman circular example, with the cable and other characteristic ornaments around it." In Long (1923) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Tyrrell-Green (1928) writes: "The handsome Norman font at Chickerel (Dorset) shows a rather more elaborate form of similar adornment [i.e., cable moulding]. A tightening of the girdle of cable moulding contracts the tub-like vessel in the middle, causing it to assume an appearance approaching the cup-like form". In the RCHM (1970). In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Norman, with modest bands of decoration." In Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk]. The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk] notes "a font dated at about 1150" [NB: this same source mentions "a well preserved stoup" but gives no date for it]. The stem below the lower ornament and the round plinth are both modern. [We are grateful to Gerald Duke of www.martinstown.co.uk, for the information on, and photographs of this font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 9 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 45 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 72 cm*

Basin Depth: 23 cm*

Basin Total Height: 34 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [all measurements courtesy of Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk] -- NB: there may be an error in either the inner/outer diameter or in the thickness of the rim -- to be revised]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat and round; probably modern

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1970

Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973

Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; r["References"]

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972

Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928