Netherbury / Niderberie

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Results: 9 records

design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

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design element - motifs - floral - 4

Scene Description: in the spandrels of the upper rim corners

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: around the opening of the basin interior

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design element - motifs - moulding - 4

Scene Description: on the bases of the central shaft and four outer colonnettes

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design element - motifs - zigzag

view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's Church, Netherbury. From Tower Hill."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Derek Harper, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 12 April 2016 by Derek Harper [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4914003] [accessed 14 February 2023]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's Church, Netherbury"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Becky Williamson, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 5 August 2016 by Becky Williamson [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5070801] [accessed 14 February 2023]

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2005

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Mary, Netherbury: font"

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09358NET
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Tower Hill, Netherbury, Bridport DT6 5LR, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1308 862320
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A3066, 2 km S of Beaminster, about 10 km N of Bridport
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Beaminster
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Norman? / Transitional?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of this font
There is an entry for Netherbury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SY4799/netherbury/] [accessed 14 February 2023]; it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Noted in Long (1923) and in Mee (1939) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Square, of Purbeck marble, very shallow in height. Against the sides two short blank arches, also zigzag. All badly preserved. Leaves in the spandrels of the top surface. Norman." The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/netherbury.htm] notes: "shallow Norman font where Admiral Sir Samuel Hood (1724-1816) [...] was christened". The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SY4703099464] notes: "Parish Church, C14 nave and aisles, with C14/15 chancel, C15 west tower. South porch rebuilt in 1848 [...] Font, Purbeck marble, square bowl with arched panels and simple foliage spanrels on top. Central, and four subsidiary shafts with moulded capping and base, late C12." Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble: "bowl with panels or chevron patterns on faces" [source given: RCHM (W), 1952].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.792274, -2.752855
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 47′ 32.18″ N, 2° 45′ 10.28″ W
UTM: 30U 517419 5626754

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble)
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal decoration and handle; modern

REFERENCES

Leach, Rosemary, A Investigation into the use of Purbeck Marble in Medieval England, Hartlepool: E.W. Harrisons & Sons, 1975
Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; r["References"]
Mee, Arthur, The King's England. Dorset: Thomas Hardy's Country, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972