Wigmore No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 09772WIG
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 14.5 NW of Leominster
Font Location in Church: In the south aisle, east of the south doorway
Century and Period: 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. III: 205): "Stoup: In S. aisle -- E. of S. doorway, recess with pointed head, 14th-century, base modern." [cf. Index entry for Wigmore No. 1 for a medieval baptismal font in this church] [NB: the same inventory (ibid.) lists a "part of an octagonal bowl" among the miscellanea in this church, but no details of style or dating -- object not listed in this Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934