Stanton Harcourt No. 2 / Stantone
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08801STA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: At the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Main Road, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, OX29 5RJ
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B4449, 12 km W of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Wootton
Font Notes:
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Listed in Parker (1850) as a stoup of the Norman period. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a holy-water stoup of the Norman period [cf. Index entry for Stanton Harcourt No. 1 for a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 610625 5734259
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.7483, -1.3975
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 44′ 53.88″ N, 1° 23′ 51″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 236
- Parker, John Henry, A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture, Oxford: J. H. Parker, 1850, p. 448