St. Margaret's nr. Hereford / Saint Margaret's
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Ross & Britain Express Ltd, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph in Britain Express [http://www.britainexpress.com/photo.htm?photo=2368] [accessed 8 June 2010]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 09649MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 16 km WSW of Hereford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the west end of the nave
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David Ross, of www.britainexpress.com, for his photograph of this font
Font Notes:
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Described in Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: 226): "Font and cover: octagonal bowl with moulded upper and lower edge, plain stem and chamfered base, 14th-century. Cover, of oak, pyramidal with panelled sides, moulded terminal and enriched band at base, 17th-century."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-century?
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