North Poorton / North Porton
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Scene Description: the Victorian font
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Scene Description: the old font [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2005
Image Source: digital image in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2005 [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06660POR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene [originally from the old church at West Milton]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church at North Poorton
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 12 km ENE of Bridport
Additional Comments: recycled font: originally from a nearby church
Font Notes:
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Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874) as "an old Norman font" in the new church [NB: an entry under West Milton, "The Chapel, a chapel at ease of Poorstock" in the same source, motes: The font appears to be Norman" -- it is not clear whether or not these two fonts are one and the same]. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Listed in Long (1923) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/north_poorton] informs that this font "came originally from West Milton old church" [NB: West Milton is located just NE of North Portoon]. [NB: the church of St. Mary Magdalene at North Poorton has another font, the one in use: an octagonal basin decorated with motifs on the side panels and raised on a cluster of green marble [serpentine stone?] colonnettes, from the Victorian period -- the Victorian font is not listed in this Index on account of its late date]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 197
- Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973, vol. 2: 170 [319 for the 'font in chapel' reference]
- Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 75