Ross on Wye / Ross-on-Wye / Rosse

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LB01: design element - motifs - drapery

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2023 by Colin Smith

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design element - motifs - leaf - acanthus

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2023 by Colin Smith

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view of basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2023 by Colin Smith

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2023 by Colin Smith

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the Victorian font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph by Phil Rose

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Colin Hinson

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2023 by Colin Smith

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view of church interior - monument - detail

Scene Description: the tomb of of John and Mary Rudhale inside the Ross on Wye church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2023 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 16 June 2024)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09726ROS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S aisle

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Church Address: Church St, Ross-on-Wye HR9 5HN, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1989 562175

Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located off (E) road A40, 18 km SSE of Hereford, 25-30 km NNW of Gloucester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford

Historical Region: Hundred of Bromsash [in Domesday]

Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12th-13thC church here; there may have been a church here in the pre-1086 period, since a priest is reported here in the Domesday survey)

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There is an entry for Ross [-on-Wye] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO5924/ross-on-wye/] [accessed 16 June 2024]; it mentions a priest but not a church in it, although there may have been one there. A font is described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: 160): "Font: In the S. aisle -- round bowl with acanthus-ornament, cylindrical draped stem with moulded top, late 17th or early 18th-century." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO5979524045]: "A fine church with nave, North and South aisles square tower with pinnacles at corners and graceful spire. Local red sandstone with ashlar dressings. Some C12 material re-used. Church was rebuilt in C13 and dedicated in 1316. Heavily restored in 1878 [...] C17 or East C18 font". The church also has a later, Victorian font [cf. ImagesArea].

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith and Phil Rose for their photographs of this church and fonts

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 528485 5751499

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.9135, -2.58587

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 54′ 48.6″ N, 2° 35′ 9.13″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: round, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

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. II: p. 162