Thruxton nr. Kingstone / Torchestone
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view of font - southeast side
Scene Description: with partial view of the inscriptions on the basin and lower base
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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 in context - southeast side
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view of font and cover - southwest side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Billinger, 2008
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 - southeast side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Herefordshire (H.M.S.O., 1931-1934, vol. I: p.l. 39)
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inscription
Scene Description: 1677' seen here on the left panel [cf. Inscription area for transcription]
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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]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Billinger, 2008
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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09623THR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: March 16, 1677
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Church Notes: 14thC church; restored 1866
Church Address: Thruxton HR2 9AX, UK
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 14thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 512284 5761868
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.007328, -2.82104
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 0′ 26.38″ N, 2° 49′ 15.74″ W
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, vol. I: p. xlii, 238 and pl. 39