Boyton / Boyton nr. Warminster

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07306BOY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin?
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just off (S) the A36, 8 km ESE of Warminster
Font Notes:
Described in Cox & Harvey (1907: 225) as a baptismal font of the Norman period, "late in the style", "the square bowl supported by a central shaft and four smaller shafts at the angles".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 225, 227