Harewood End / Harwde

Described in Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: 83): "Font: with plain circular stem and square bowl tapering slightly towards the bottom, sides each with four shallow recessed -round-head panels; said to have been brought from Chardstock, Dorsetshire, 12th-century." The Historic Herefordshire On Line (2002) [http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/hsmr/db.php?smr_no=6825] [accessed 12 July 2008] informs: ''Font: came from Chardstock in Dorset. Purbeck type. […] The font bowl was brought from Chardstock church in Dorset some time between 1864 and 1890. It is unlike any Norman font in Herefordshire. It is cut from a square block of grey limestone, and has a circular basin. The four sides have arcades of four shallow round-headed arches. The bowl is mounted on a circular pillar, but it is likely that there was originally a pillar at each angle. The marble base and stone standing step below the pillar are both modern. The font may date to the third quarter of the 12th century. There is a very similar font at Pulborough in Sussex, and others of the same character also in that county. [The Harewood font is now in the modern church of St Francis in Hereford]''. The entry for this former church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SO5302728068] (1987) reports: "Parish church, now store.