Wynford Eagle

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09475WYN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Notes: The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk] notes a very interesting Norman tympanum from the old church depicting "two angry beasts with no hind legs"
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Font Notes:
Noted in Barnes (1891): "The font is ancient, of the 13th or 14th century." Mee (1939) reports that "the old font has come to the new church". Described in the inventory of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset (1972). In Gerald Duke: "Font of circular bowl with moulded lower edge, cylindrical stem and squared chamfered base, probably 13thCentury" [www.martinstown.co.uk/WEBSITE/VILLAGE/FONT/wynfordeagle.htm]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin

REFERENCES

  • Barnes, W. Miles, "A brief historical & descriptive sketch of the churches in the rural deanery of Dorchester (Dorchester portion)", XII, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1891, pp. [36]-70; p. 53
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1970, vol. 1: 269
  • Mee, Arthur, The King's England. Dorset: Thomas Hardy's Country, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939, p. 324