Maperton / Malpertone nr. Somerset

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09350MAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church since 1922
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B3145, just S of the A303, 4 km SW of Wincanton, 13 km NE of Sherborne
Additional Comments: recycled font: found abandoned in the churchyard and restored to the church in 1922
Font Notes:
Phelps (1836) reports an ancient font in Malperton [which he places in Somerset]. 'A Guide to the Camelot Parishes' notes that the Norman font was found in the churchyard and restored to the church in 1922 [source: http://camelotp.webspace.fish.co.uk/html/maperton.html]. The National Monuments Record [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=262062] [accessed 22 September 2009] notes: "Font, an octagonal bowl on circular shaft and base, somewhat damaged, possibly C12".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Phelps, William (Revd.), The History and Antiquities of Somersetshire; being a general and parochial survey [...] [vol. 1], London: Printed for the author , by J. B. Nichols and Son, 1836, vol. 1: 418 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=IAQVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA589&lpg=PA589&dq=butleigh+church+font&source=bl&ots=YU0c4LRPgk&sig=u9wX07aEBfabcQ5OyhJwDvZHqXg&hl=en&ei=NcH9SYDHKY-UMtOp0c8E&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#PPP7,M1] [accessed 3 May 2009]