Michaelchurch Escley / Michaelchurch Eskley
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: on both upper end lower edges
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Wood, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 November 2003 by Paul Wood [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4330025] [accessed 9 February 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 09652MIC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Michaelchurch Escley, County of Herefordshire HR2 0JS
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 12 km SE of Hay, 21 km WSW of Hereford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: 200): "Font: octagonal bowl with moulded upper and lower edge and plain sides, plain stem and moulded base, 15th-century." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SO3167234186] (1967) notes: "font: moulded octagonal pillar supporting octagonal basin, probably late C14 to early C15".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.001747,
-2.996617
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 0′ 6.29″ N,
2° 59′ 47.82″ W
UTM: 30U 500232 5761233
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