Ewhurst nr. Guildford / Ewehurst / Uhurst / Yweherst
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the cover and the base are modern; the basin is much restored
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Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2010 by Colin Smith
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design element - motifs - foliage and saltire
Scene Description: on the side opposite the nested chevrons
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken May 2010 by Colin Smith
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design element - motifs - saltire
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken May 2010 by Colin Smith
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design element - motifs - chevron - nested chevrons
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Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2010 by Colin Smith
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design element - motifs - saltire - 2
Scene Description: at opposite sides of the square basin
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Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2010 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 August 2007 by Colin Smith
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07227EWH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: The Street, Ewhurst, Surrey, GU6 7PX
Site Location: Surrey, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B2127, just NE of Cranleigh, about 15 km SE of Guildford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Guildford
Historical Region: Hundred of Blackheath
Additional Comments: restored font / recycled font: columnar base is modern
Font Notes:
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No entry found for this Ewhurst in the Domesday survey. Allen (1831) writes on the font in this church: "at the west-end is a square font, with a cross en saltire in each face." In Brayley (1850): "The font is ancient, but stands on a modern column; it is a stone bason, of a square form, and has a saltire, or St. Andrew's cross sculptured on each face." Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a square baptismal font of the Decorated period. They cite Manning & Bray's (1804) description "as having a cross saltire on each side". Noted in the Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 3, 1911): "The font has been very much restored with roman cement, but the square bowl appears to be of 12th-century date and is of very crude design. The flat faces are ornamented with saltire ornaments of clumsy rolls. The four supporting columns are modern." The web site of the Diocese of Guilford [www.cofguilford.org.uk] gives the date of the font as "13th or 14th century", more in line with C&H's Decorated period dating above.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 678958 5670023
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.153631, -0.440994
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 9′ 13.07″ N, 0° 26′ 27.58″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat, square, with moulded sides; modern
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Allen, Thomas, A History of the County of Surrey ; comprising every object of topographical, geological, or historical interest, London: Isaac Taylor Hinton, 1831, vol. 2: 255
- Brayley, Edward Wedlake, A topographical history of Surrey, London: G. Willis, 1850, vol. 5: 180
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 221, 222