Ballingham

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph digital photograph by Aidan McRae Thomson [https://www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/albums/72157714023715581/] [accessed 20 November 2023]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Church of St Dubricius. The local red sandstone of Ballingham church reflects the winter sunshine and adds to the atmosphere of this out-of-the-way hamlet. The nave is 13th century. The chancel and tower are late 14th century. The church was fully restored 1884-5 by W E Martin, but the 14th century roof was kept."

Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Dubricius. The local red sandstone of Ballingham church reflects the winter sunshine and adds to the atmosphere of this out-of-the-way hamlet. The nave is 13th century. The chancel and tower are late 14th century. The church was fully restored 1884-5 by W E Martin, but the 14th century roof was kept."

Image Source: digital photograph 31 January 2011 by Trevor Rickard [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2264018] [accessed 20 November 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: partially showing the font in the far [west] left [south] corner

Image Source: digital photograph digital photograph by Aidan McRae Thomson [https://www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/albums/72157714023715581/] [accessed 20 November 2023]

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design element - motifs - round moulding

Image Source: digital photograph digital photograph by Aidan McRae Thomson [https://www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/albums/72157714023715581/] [accessed 20 November 2023]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09636BAL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

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

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Dubricius

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner of the nave

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Dubricius aka Devereux, Dubric, Dyfrig]

Church Address: Ballingham, Hereford HR2 6NJ, United Kingdom

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

Directions to Site: Located 10-11 km SE of Hereford, on the right bank of the Wye river

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford

Historical Region: Hundred of Archenfield [in Domesday]

Font Notes: Click to view

There is an entry for Ballingham in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO5731/ballingham/] [accessed 20 November 2023]; it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The font here is described in Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: 21): "Font: octagonal bowl with curved underside, round stem and chamfered base, probably 13th century." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO576003165] notes: "Parish church. C13 to C15, restored 1884-5 [...] font perhaps C13 with chamfered circular base, cylindrical stem and octagonal bowl curved on undersides".

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Aidan McRae Thomson for his photographs of this church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 526183 5759069

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.98168, -2.61876

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 58′ 54.05″ N, 2° 37′ 7.54″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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. 21