Croft nr. Leominster / Crofta
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design element - motifs - flat moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Herefordshire Past, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph in Herefordshire Past [http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/churches/st-michael-all-angels-church-5/] [accessed 27 October 2018]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Halling, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2016 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5160015] [accessed 27 October 2018]
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view of church exterior in context - north view
Scene Description: the church and castle, cheek by jowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nick Macneill, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 September 2014 by Nick Macneill [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4280084] [accessed 27 October 2018]
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view of church interior - monument
Scene Description: the tomb of Sir Richard Croft (+1509) in the chancel of St.Michael & All Angels' church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 June 2009 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1364706] [accessed 27 October 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Croker, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 2011 by Dave Croker [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2549355] [accessed 27 October 2018]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Herefordshire Past, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph in Herefordshire Past [http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/churches/st-michael-all-angels-church-5/] [accessed 27 October 2018]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 09768CRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Croft, Leominster HR6 9PW, UK -- Tel.: 01568 614399
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the B4361, B4362, 8 km NW of Leominster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Historical Region: Hundred of Wolfhay
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Croft [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO4465/croft/] [accessed 27 October 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A font here is described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. III: 34): "Font: plain octagonal bowl with concave underside, mediæval but recut, moulded base, reused."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.28486, -2.80916
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 17′ 5.5″ N, 2° 48′ 32.98″ W
UTM: 30U 513018 5792739
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat; modern?
REFERENCES
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934