Littleton Drew / Liteltone / Littleton St. Andrew

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design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2

on the round part of the round-to-square lower base
Scene Description: on the round part of the round-to-square lower base
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2

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design element - motifs - spur - 4

one at each angle of the square volume of the lower base
Scene Description: one at each angle of the square volume of the lower base
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view of church exterior - north view

Source caption: "All Saints' Church Littleton Drew. Apart from the 15th century tower, the church dates from a rebuilding of 1856 by T.H. Wyatt".
Scene Description: Source caption: "All Saints' Church Littleton Drew. Apart from the 15th century tower, the church dates from a rebuilding of 1856 by T.H. Wyatt".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kevin Farmer, 2008
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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - looking west

the top of the font is visible at the far [west] end, right [south] side, by the south doorway
Scene Description: the top of the font is visible at the far [west] end, right [south] side, by the south doorway
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view of font and cover

notice the large stone-insert repair to the upper rim of the basin
Scene Description: notice the large stone-insert repair to the upper rim of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 ZJune 2015 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4582516] [accessed 29 May 2019]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 09606LIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Littleton Drew, Chippenham SN14 7NA, UK -- Tel.: +44 1249 782704
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off an unanamed road N of the M4; Littleton Drew is a hamlet in Grittleton, and just 1 km to the W of it; 13 km NW of Chippenham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bristol
Historical Region: Hundred of Dunley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [March 2004]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
There are two entries for Littleton [Drew] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST8380/littleton-drew/] [accessed 29 May 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Pevsner & Cherry (1975) note: "Font. Circular, C13, undecorated, but moulded shaft, and spurs at the foot." Baptismal font of the 13th century [source: the 'Recent grants' report of the Grants Committee meetings of 9 March 2004 and 22 June 2004 of the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, www.historicchurches.org.uk]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST8313980189] notes: "Anglican Parish Church, C15 central tower, nave and chancel 1856 [...] Two fragments of carved C9 cross-shaft built into north porch [...] C13 circular font on moulded shaft with spurs at foot."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.5204, -2.2444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 31′ 13.44″ N, 2° 14′ 39.84″ W
UTM: 30U 552425 5707969

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

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

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912