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
Font ID: 10187LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1190?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located the M4, 8-10 km NW of Chippenham
Additional Comments: disappeared 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].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this modern font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 557751 5707117
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.512222, -2.167778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 30′ 44″ N, 2° 10′ 4″ W
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: around the basin sides
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood