Hampton Bishop

INFORMATION

FontID: 09684HAM

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Country Name: England

Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 6 km ESE of Hereford

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: 86): "Font: plain round bowl, with rounded lowert edge, cylindrical stem and chamfered base, probably 13th-century." This same source (ibid.) reports the presence of a font cover: "cover, flat oak board with four shaped struts meeting at a central post with an acorn-terminal, 17th-century."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

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