Hanham Abbots

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06739HAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. George
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Now part of the SE suburbs of Bristol Kingswood
Additional Comments: request for photo sent to vicar (email of 17 Dec 2008) -- JW has no interior photos at this time
Font Notes:
Described in 'Church notes...' (1887) in the context of some "notes [that] were taken between 1835 and 1840": "The font is good moderately plain Norman; it has a square block bowl upon a short cylindrical stem". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period [NB: C&H have the place simply as 'Hanham', but it is Hanham Abbots -- Hanham has its own church, Christ Church, but both the church and the font are early-Victorian and not listed separately in this Index]. Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Norman; plain square scalloped bowl set directly on a circular moulded base, with spurs."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • "Church notes, chiefly in Berks, Wilts, and Oxford, with a few in Somerset and Gloucestershire", 44, Archaeological Journal, 1887, pp. 43-50; 185-193; 291-303; 397-402; p. 295
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 200
  • Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 2: 520