Eardisley No. 3 / Bollingham / Erdesley

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view of church exterior - south view
view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Silas, Bollingham. Tiny church between Eardisley and Kington, set in the grounds of Bollingham House."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 August 2010 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2039871] [accessed 2 November 2014]
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view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 09735EAR
Church/Chapel: Bollingham chapel / Chapel of St. Silas
Church Patron Saints: St. Silas [aka Silvanus] [1stC]
Church Location: Eardisley, Herefordshire HR3 6LS
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Eardisley is located WSW of Leominster down the A4112, in a corner of the Welsh Marches [Bollingham chapel is located 4-5 km NNW of St. Mary's]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Historical Region: Hundred of Elsdon
Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel, wall-mounted in the nave, E of the S doorway
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Bollingham in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO3052/bollingham/] [accessed 2 November 2014, but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. An old wall-mounted stoup here is described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. III: 52): "Stoup: In nave -- E. of S. doorway, mutilated flat bowl with round basin." The modern font here is 19th-century [NB: the chapel may date to the 12th or 13th century, as may the stoup]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.16803,
-3.02299
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 10′ 4.92″ N,
3° 1′ 22.77″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round (wall-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