Blakemere

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font and cover

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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]
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