Leigh Delamere
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
Image Source: John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 10187LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located the M4, 8-10 km NW of Chippenham
Date: ca. 1190?
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this modern font.
Font Notes:
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The present font consists of an octagonal basin raised on a pedestal base; an inscription around the middle of the basin sides; 19th or 20th century; pyramidal wooden cover. [NB: the present church was built in 1846 on the site of a late-Norman church believed to date ca. 1190; we have no information on the original font].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.512222, -2.167778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 30′ 44″ N, 2° 10′ 4″ W
UTM: 30U 557751 5707117
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: around the basin sides
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood