Bacton / Bacton nr. Hereford

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: digital photograph by Rosemary Lockie, 2007 [http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/HEF/Bacton/StFaith3.html] [accessed 12 April 2007]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 September 2008 by Simon Vaughan Winter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Faith%27s_church,_Bacton,_Herefordshire_in_2008.jpg]

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view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph by Rosemary Lockie, 2007 [http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/HEF/Bacton/StFaith3.html] [accessed 12 April 2007]

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE - IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09635BAC

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Faith

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Faith [aka Faith of Conques, Foy]

Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located 16 km SW of Hereford

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: "Font: plain round bowl and stem with moulded base, 13th century." Wooden cover in the Jacobean stile of the scroll-rib design, but appears modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 505540 5759571

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood

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, vol. I: p. 19