Over nr. Winsford

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07404OVE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1641?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century/ 17th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Chad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Winsford and the A54
Font Notes:
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, p. 189
  • 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, p. 265