Thruxton nr. Kingstone / Torchestone

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inscription

Scene Description: in Latin, on the cleansing properties of baptism -- "PECCATORVM" on the left side; "BAPTISMVS"on the righ side [cf. Inscription area for transcription]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2008 by Jonathan Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/928232] [accessed 30 August 2018]

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inscription

Scene Description: 1677' seen here on the left panel [cf. Inscription area for transcription]

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 September 2016 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5122166] [accessed 30 August 2018]

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view of font - southeast side

Image Source: Herefordshire (H.M.S.O., 1931-1934, vol. I: p.l. 39)

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view of font - southeast side

Scene Description: with partial view of the inscriptions on the basin and lower base

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 September 2016 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5122166] [accessed 30 August 2018]

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view of font and cover - southwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2008 by Jonathan Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/928232] [accessed 30 August 2018]

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view of font in context - southeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2016 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5122166] [accessed 30 August 2018]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09623THR

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew

Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew

Church Location: Thruxton HR2 9AX, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off the A465, S of the B4348, between Dewchurch and Kingstone

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford

Historical Region: Hundred of Stretford

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave

Date: March 16, 1677

Century and Period: 17th century(late),

Church Notes: 14thC church; restored 1866

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for this Thruxton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SO4334/thruxton/] [accessed 30 August 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: xlii and pl. 39) reports here one of a few late fonts in this county that "deserve notice", and (238): "Font [...] octagonal with moulded bowl and necking, plain stem and splayed base cut from octagonal to square, inscription round bowl, "This font was made Marc the 16th, 1677", inscription on base, "Baptismus est ablutio peccatorum." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO4371334627] notes: "Nave has font in square to octagonal chamfered base with inscription: "BAPTISMUS EST ABLVTIO PECCATORUM", octagonal stem with moulded necking supporting octagonal bowl with curved bottom bearing another inscription: "THIS: FONT: WAS: MADE: MARC (sic): THE: 16TH: 1677"" The listing gives thate of the church as " C14, restored 1866."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.007328, -2.82104

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 0′ 26.38″ N, 2° 49′ 15.74″ W

UTM: 30U 512284 5761868

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: lead-lined

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: English and Latin

Inscription Location: one on the basin sides, another on the lower base

Inscription Text: 1.- "THIS / FONT / WAS / MADE / MARC / THE / 16TH / 1677" 2.- "BAPTISMVS / EST / ABLVTIO / PECCATORVM"

Inscription Source: Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: 238 and pl. 39) and photographs in ImageArea

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

Apparatus: yes

Notes: octagonal pyramid; crown-shaped with openwork on the sides and turned finial

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934