South Bersted / Bersted / South Berstead

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: visible on this fragment

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view of basin - fragment

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view of basin - fragment

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view of basin - fragment

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view of basin - fragment

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view of church exterior - south view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06356BER
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: Bersted Street, South Bersted, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO22 9QD
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the A259, in the NE side of Bognor Regis, now part of the latter
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Aldwick -- Rape of Chichester -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Norman
Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as the surviving fragments of an old baptismal font from this church. The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 4, 1953) notes: "In 1776 the font was of the usual 12th-century form; [...] it has now been replaced by a somewhat florid piece of modern work in the Decorated style." The entry is footnoted: "Add. MS. 5699, fol. 147." The VCH plan of the church interior shows a font located at the west end of the nave, obviously the replacement font. The modern font is described in the British Listed Buildings database [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-297555-church-of-st-mary-magdalene-bognor-regis]: "The font of 1898 is a replacement of a 12th-century one and has a round bowl with rich carving in a free Decorated style." The Parish web site [www.southbersted.org.uk/history.htm] [accessed 24 September 2012] notes: "The current font, from 1898, replaced one from the 13th century. Its oak cover with wrought iron handles was presented by Sunday School teachers and children in 1900. Fragments of an old font, possibly from an earlier church, can also be seen." The fragments are noted and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008): "The remains of a Sussex marble font of standard Sussex type (square arcaded bowl on five shafts on moulded base/plinth) lie at the W end of the nave. [...] The font can be dated to the late 12thc."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 663845 5629497

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: [fragments]
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Notes on Measurements: [NB: the CRSBI page [cf. FontNotes] has measurements of the indivdual fragments]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-09-24 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2012-09-24 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928