Westbury nr. Trowbridge / Wesberie / Westberie / Westbury-under-the-Plain

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Scene Description: the shields are carved in an awkward position, catching the bend of the underbowl chamfer
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 August 2016 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5089093] [accessed 12 February 2019]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - nave - looking west
![the font is visile at the far [west] end of the centre aisle](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1190212012_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the font is visile at the far [west] end of the centre aisle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2016 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5089084] [accessed 12 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover
view of font and cover in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 09331WES
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: 39 Church St, Westbury, Wiltshire BA13 3DA, UK -- Tel.: +44 1373 859450
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 7 km SSE of Trowbridge, 30 km SE of Bath
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Westbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the Penleigh chapel -- Confirmed inside the church ca. 2000
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There are two entries for this Westbury [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST8751/westbury/] [accessed 12 February 2019] one of which reports a priest, a church and "1.5 church lands" in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 8, 1965) notes: "The church of Westbury is mentioned in 1086 [...] The church was worth 50s. in 1086. [...] In 1291 the value was £40. [...] All the surviving features of the church are in the Perpendicular style and suggest that there was an extensive re-building in the 15th century. [...] Extensive restoration was undertaken in 1847 [...] The font [...] dates from the 15th century." It is located in the Penleigh chapel, formerly the Westbury chapel, in the north aisle. Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with panelling and shields.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.261835,
-2.182352
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 15′ 42.61″ N,
2° 10′ 56.47″ W
UTM: 30U 557050 5679260
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, with a carved top and finial; modern
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-01-16 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912