Wolverton nr. Budbrooke / Ulwarditone / Wolverdington

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view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wolverton. Founded 1208, says a handout in the church. Dwarfed by colossal conifers. Of the interior, the guidebooks remark upon the full-height wooden screen and the stained glass, including a window by William Morris."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wolverton. Founded 1208, says a handout in the church. Dwarfed by colossal conifers. Of the interior, the guidebooks remark upon the full-height wooden screen and the stained glass, including a window by William Morris."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robin Stott, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 July 2010 by Robin Stott [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1974186] [accessed 27 November 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07294WOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Wolverton Road, Wolverton, Warwickshire CV37 0HH
Site Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6-8 km SW of Warwick, between Budbrooke and Claverdon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Ferncombe [in Domesday times] -- Hundred of Barlichway
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the early-13thC [ca. 1208?] church here?)
Font Notes:
This Wolverton appears on folio 243r Great Domesday Book [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7308729#imageViewerLink] [accessed 27 November 2014]. A font in the church here is listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. The Victoria County History (Warwick, 1945) notes: "The parish church of St. Mary [...] was built in the second half of the 13th century [...] The font is of the 15th century: the bowl is octagonal, hollowed on the upper edge and moulded below, and panelled in each face with a quatrefoiled circle in a square; the stem has a moulded capping and the chamfered square base has broach stops to its sides." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP2062162333] (1967) notes: "Church. Origins of 1208, with later additions and alterations [...] Octagonal font on octagonal plinth has quatrefoil decoration." [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 588775 5790585
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.258486, -1.699324
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 15′ 30.55″ N, 1° 41′ 57.56″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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