Docklow
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09769DOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1930 at the Westend Farm, in this parish
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Docklow is located 8 km E of Leominster [Westend Farm is located 750 yards WNW of the church]
Additional Comments: recycled font: reported ca. 1930 in a nearby farm
Font Notes:
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Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. III: 43): "Font" now at Westend Farm in this parish -- octagonal bowl with rounded lower edge, mediæval, perhaps from this church."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
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. III: p. 43