Meriden / Ailespede [Domesday] / Allespath / Alspath
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symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - in a circle - in a square - 4
Scene Description: on alternate sides of the octagonal basin
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design element - motifs - floral - flower - in a quatrefoil - in a circle - in a square - 8
Scene Description: rosettes, square,...
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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8
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view of church exterior - southwest end
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of font in context
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8
Scene Description: on the panels of the octagonal stem
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07289MER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence [aka St. Laurence's]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, by the gallery steps
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: Church Lane, Meriden, Solihull CV7 7HX
Site Location: West Midlands, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B4102, just S of the A45, halfway between Coventry and Birmingham, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Coleshill [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Hemlingford -- formerly Warwickshire
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Reader (1835: 25) adds Meriden to the Domesday survey entry under Ailespede [Alspath]. in the land of countess Godiva; the village became known as 'Meriden' from the 15th century on. The Domesday survey entry for Alspath [variant spelling] [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP2582/alspath/] mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Decorated period in this church. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 4, 1947) notes: "The church of Alspath was confirmed to the monks of Coventry Priory c. 1160 by Ivo de Allespath, [...] The chancel and nave are of 12th-century origin [...] The font of the 15th century has an octagonal bowl with a moulded top edge, quatrefoil panelled sides inclosing alternately shield and foliage centres, and a hollowed under-side with trefoiled panels. The stem has similar panels."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Aidan McRae Thomson, of Warwickshire Churches [http://warwickshirechurches.weebly.com], for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 593087 5810048
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.432702, -1.630776
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 25′ 57.73″ N, 1° 37′ 50.8″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 224