Much Dewchurch
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dating from the 12th century, this font has suffered mutilation and neglect over the years as tastes in design and religious affiliations changed. But it is still standing after eight hundred years."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Marrison, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 April 2010 by Michael Marrison [www.flickr.com/photos/29259083@N05/4562840375] [accessed 18 May 2015]
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 13 arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Marrison, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 April 2010 by Michael Marrison [www.flickr.com/photos/29259083@N05/4562840375] [accessed 18 May 2015]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Halling, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2006 by Philip Halling [whttp://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/149086] [accessed 18 May 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 July 2003 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/346186] [accessed 18 May 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the old font visible in the southwest corner
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Billinger, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2009 by Jonathan Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1407376] [accessed 18 May 2015]
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human figure - head - grotesque or fantastic
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Marrison, 2010
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design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Marrison, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 20 April 2010 by Michael Marrison [www.flickr.com/photos/29259083@N05/4562840375] [accessed 18 May 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09621DEW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (early?), Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. David
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Church Address: Much Dewchurch, County of Herefordshire HR2 8DL
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B4348, 8-10 km S of Hereford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Font Notes:
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No entry for Much Dewchurch found in the Domesday survey. A font here is derefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: xlii, 50): "Font: round bowl with shallow arcade of thirteen round arches springing from flat shafts square-cut cappings and bases, plain round stem and chamfered base carved with four grotesque faces and four rosettes, early 12th-century."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 516792 5758390
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.975939, -2.755534
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 58′ 33.38″ N, 2° 45′ 19.92″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: cylindrical, 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 two ring handles
REFERENCES
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934, vol. I: p. xlii, 50