Chipping Sodbury
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view of font and cover
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view of church exterior - northeast view
![Source caption: "St John's church, Chipping Sodbury [...] The church dates back to the 13th C. and is built in a mix of styles from the 13th to the 15th centuries. It was restored in 1869. It was originally a Chapel-of-Ease to Old Sodbury. The original construction was probably cruciform, and chapels were built soon afterwards which were taken over by the local Guilds of cloth workers, one large chapel made and dedicated to Saint Katherine. The north aisle was added in the 14th century and in the 15th century Henry VI granted a licence for the foundation of the Guilds. The Lady Chapel was built, along with the south aisle and west tower.There is no old stained-glass, it all dates from the restoration in 1869. The pulpit is unusual and was discovered blocked up when the church was restored. The font is from the 13th century consisting of octagonal bowl. Most of the internal fittings are 19th century. The organ was originally built by Vowles, and was completely overhauled in 2006."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1190318008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "St John's church, Chipping Sodbury [...] The church dates back to the 13th C. and is built in a mix of styles from the 13th to the 15th centuries. It was restored in 1869. It was originally a Chapel-of-Ease to Old Sodbury. The original construction was probably cruciform, and chapels were built soon afterwards which were taken over by the local Guilds of cloth workers, one large chapel made and dedicated to Saint Katherine. The north aisle was added in the 14th century and in the 15th century Henry VI granted a licence for the foundation of the Guilds. The Lady Chapel was built, along with the south aisle and west tower.There is no old stained-glass, it all dates from the restoration in 1869. The pulpit is unusual and was discovered blocked up when the church was restored. The font is from the 13th century consisting of octagonal bowl. Most of the internal fittings are 19th century. The organ was originally built by Vowles, and was completely overhauled in 2006."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken July 2014 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4121146] [accessed 18 March 2019]
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view of church exterior - west tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken July 2014 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4121148] [accessed 18 March 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
design element - motifs - moulding - 2
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09449CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century / 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: Wickwar Rd, Chipping Sodbury BS37 6BQ, UK -- Tel.: +44 1454 313159
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B4060, N of the A432, 12-14 km NE of Bristol
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Font Notes:
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No individual entry for Chipping Sodbury found in the Domesday survey. Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Probably C15; octagonal. Plain tapering bowl; shaft with band of moulding at top and bottom." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST7274982306] notes: "C13 origins but mostly Perpendicular.[...] C13 font, plain octagonal bowl on octagonal shaft with roll at top and bottom." Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with plain tapering sides, raised on an octagonal pedestal base decorated with two mouldings, and an octagonal splaying lower base. On an octagonal plinth with kneeling stone. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with a large flat cross on it, metal decorations and ring handle.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 544820 5709477
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.53462, -2.3538
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 32′ 4.63″ N, 2° 21′ 13.68″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]