Tedstone Wafer / Tedstone Wafre [in the grounds of Saltmarshe Castle]

INFORMATION

FontID: 09676TED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: [originally from the old parish church of St. James, now in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. James [formerly St. Mary?]
Church Location: Tedstone Wafer, Bromyard, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: The ruins of the old church are located off the B4203, 6 km NNE of Bromyard, 26 km N of Hereford
Font Location in Church: Reported in the grounds of Saltmarshe Castle by 1932
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: 187): "Font: Now in grounds of Saltmarshe Castle -- round bowl, in two pieces, 12th or 13th-century." The entry for the ruins of the old church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO6763059068] notes: "Late C11. Less than six feet of walls remain with no features. RCHM volume II, page 187." The medieval church was replaced by a later building in 1873, listed in Historic England [List Entry Number: 1234797]: "Built as a parish church in 1873 by Edward Haycock junior, replacing an older church. It has been redundant since c1968 and was converted into a house in the 1990s."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.22874, -2.4745
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 13′ 43.46″ N, 2° 28′ 28.2″ W
UTM: 30U 535892 5786610

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: the bowl consists of two pieces
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round