Kenderchurch
Image copyright © Roger Davies, 2014
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design element - motifs - chevron
Scene Description: incised on the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Davies, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 April 2014 by Roger Davies [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3930428] [accessed 19 May 2015]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Davies, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 April 2014 by Roger Davies [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3930428] [accessed 19 May 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Vigar, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 September 2010 by John Vigar [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2085587] [accessed 19 May 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09632KEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Kenderchurch, Herefordshire HR2 0BE
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 16 km SW of Hereford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Font Notes:
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No entry for Kenderchurch found in the Domesday survey. RCHM Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: 152) notes: "Font: of sandstone with circular tapering bowl with projecting rim having top roughly incised with cheveron [i.e., chevron]-ornament and hole for cover fastener, plain cylindrical stem and square to octagonal base, late 12th or early 13th-century."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 508881 5755541
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.950508, -2.870783
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 57′ 1.83″ N, 2° 52′ 14.82″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: hole for cover fastener present in the upper rim
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. 152