Michaelchurch Escley / Michaelchurch Eskley
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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
Font ID: 09652MIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Michaelchurch Escley, County of Herefordshire HR2 0JS
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 12 km SE of Hay, 21 km WSW of Hereford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 500232 5761233
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.001747, -2.996617
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 0′ 6.29″ N, 2° 59′ 47.82″ 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. 200 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/heref/vol1/pp199-203] [accessed 9 February 2015]