Blakemere

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design element - motifs - rope moulding
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 09626BLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Church Location: B4352, Blakemere, Herefordshire HR2 9PZ
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the B4352, 15 km W of Hereford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (late?) [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
No entry for Blakemere found in the Domesday survey. A font here is described in Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: 24): "Font: round bowl, moulded necking with cable-moulded top member, late 12th century, stem modern". Round-to-square modern stem and square base. The wooden cover is also modern, four scroll ribs around a centre ivot with ball finial, on a plain round and flat platform.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.0644,
-2.932514
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 3′ 51.84″ N,
2° 55′ 57.05″ W
UTM: 30U 504626 5768203
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934