Mordiford

INFORMATION

FontID: 09230MOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Rood
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 6.5 km E of Hereford
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1930 in the churchyard
Date: 1663
Century and Period: 17th century,
Described in Building News, vol. VI (1860): 889) as an octagonal font dated 1663 with the comment "does not appear to have ever posessed much beauty" [as reported in the web site www.westgallerychurches.com/gallery.html which adds: "No ref. to it in Pevsner"]. The inventory for Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: 144) has: "Font: In churchyard -- octagonal bowl, with moulded edges and the date 1663." [NB: the date must be from an inscription somewhere on the basin]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers?
Inscription Notes: [the existence of the inscription is not confirmed]
Inscription Location: on the basin?
Inscription Text: [1663]

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934