Aller No. 2 / Alre
INFORMATION
FontID: 09337ALL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Russ Farm House, 1 Church Path, Aller, Langport TA10 0QP, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A378, 3 km NW of Langport, 8 km W of Somerton, 13 km SE of Bridgewater
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Somerton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the N aisle
Date: 1663
Century and Period: 17th century(mid)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Aller [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST3929/aller/] [accessed 6 February 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Pevsner (1958) writes: "Small and flat octagonal bowl with very simple ornamental motifs; dated 1663." [cf. Index entry for Aller No. 1 for the original Saxon (?) font in this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.0554, -2.8627
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 3′ 19.44″ N, 2° 51′ 45.72″ W
UTM: 30U 509623 5655995
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: [1663]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958