Whichford / Wicford
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view of basin and cover
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church exterior - west tower
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view of church interior - capital
Scene Description: a capital on the interior side of the south doorway
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the font and cover are partially visible in the foreground, right side, by the south doorway
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view of church interior - plan
![EXT S PORTAL TYM digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/counties/warwickshire/churches/Whichford/Whichford-1492-01032007.jpg] [accessed 15 January 2015]
INT S DOOR CAPITAL digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/counties/warwickshire/churches/Whichford/Whichford-1493-01032007.jpg] [accessed 15 January 2015]
FONT digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/counties/warwickshire/churches/Whichford/Whichford-1494-01032007.jpg] [accessed 15 January 2015]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1080629004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: EXT S PORTAL TYM digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/counties/warwickshire/churches/Whichford/Whichford-1492-01032007.jpg] [accessed 15 January 2015]
INT S DOOR CAPITAL digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/counties/warwickshire/churches/Whichford/Whichford-1493-01032007.jpg] [accessed 15 January 2015]
FONT digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/counties/warwickshire/churches/Whichford/Whichford-1494-01032007.jpg] [accessed 15 January 2015]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Victoria County History, 2007
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 07300WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Ascott Road, Whichford, Warwickshire, CV36 5PG
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Liocated 10 km S of Shipston-upon-Stour
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Barcheston [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Kington
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, S side, just W of the S doorway
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David Ross, of Britain Express Ltd [www.britainexpress.com], for his photographs of this church and font
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Whichford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP3134/whichford/] [accessed 15 January 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 5, 1949): "The church of Whichford was given c. 1120 to Bridlington Priory by William de Mohun and his wife Agnes, daughter of Walter de Gand, the founder of the Priory. [...] The nave dates from c. 1150 but the only architectural feature remaining is the south doorway. Early in the 13th century a north aisle was added, with an arcade of three bays […] The octagonal font is rather massive, being 2 ft. 8 in. broad to 3 ft. 3 in. in height, and it is only 5 in. less at the base. The bowl is plain but the lower half has a series of small mouldings of late-12th- or early-13th century character."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.009501, -1.546851
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 0′ 34.21″ N, 1° 32′ 48.67″ W
UTM: 30U 599736 5763092
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm* [max.]
Font Height (less Plinth): 97.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * in ft/in in the VCH entry [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round, with metal decoration; probably modern
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-06-29 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.