Leigh upon Mendip / Leigh-on-Mendip

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07098LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Giles
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km W of Frome, about 20 km S of Bath
Additional Comments: The name of the willage is pronounced 'Lye/Lie' locally -- [emailed MdeViggiani asking for photo of font -- 26 march 2008]
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Wade & Wade (1929) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Described in Pevsner (158): "Norman, plain, square, with two heavy scallops on each side." Wade & Wade mention also "a pillar stoup in the porch"; no date suggested, but may be medieval. Noted in 'A History of Leigh on Mendip', by Mary de Viggiani (February 2007) [http://www.deviggiani.org.uk/] [accessed 26 March 2008]: "The font is Norman and has a Jacobean (1567-1625) cover."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th-century? / Jacobean
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 217
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Somerset and Bristol, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 217
  • Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 26 March 2008]