Over nr. Winsford

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07404OVE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Chad
Church Patron Saints: St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located near Winsford and the A54
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1641?
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century/ 17th century, Perpendicular
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Richards (1973), however, writes: "Of the old fittings remaining in the church, the font of 1641, having a plain octagonal bowl, and inscribed 'T.W.'"

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters
Inscription Text: "T.W."
Inscription Source: Richards (1973: 265)

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973