Shorthampton
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
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Results: 10 records
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
Image Source: John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
Image Source: John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Ward, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2007 by John Ward
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Ross & Britain Express Ltd., 2008
Image Source: digital photograph in http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/oxfordshire/churches/Shorthampton/Shorthampton-2140-08042007.htm [accessed 24 June 2007]
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view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: another of the paintings uncovered in 1903
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
Image Source: John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: one of the paintings uncovered in 1903
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
Image Source: John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com] Photograph [5 November 2004
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view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
Image Source: John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Martin Beek, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph in FLICKR [www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshire_church_photos] taken by Martin Beek on 20 May 2006
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Martin Beek, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph in FLICKR [www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshire_church_photos] taken by Martin Beek on 20 May 2006
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view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Martin Beek, 2006
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph in FLICKR [www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshire_church_photos] taken by Martin Beek on 20 May 2006
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10257SHO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Charlbury, 25-30 km SW of Banbury, NW of Oxford
Font Notes:
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The Ecclesiastical and Architectural Topography of England: Oxfordshire (1850) notes: "The font is plain round, tub-shaped, probably N[orman]". The plain basin is roughly cylindrical, with slightly tapering sides; squat circular lower base. Wooden cover with graded upper part and knob finial, probably 19th century.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, and to David Ross, of www.britainexpress.com, for their photographs of church and font. We are also grateful to John Ward, of Oxfordshire Churches [http://homepage.mac.com/john.ward/oxfordshirechurches], for his photograph of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: tub-shaped, bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
REFERENCES
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England: Oxfordshire, Oxford, London: Published under the sanction of the Central Commitee of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland [by] John Henry Parker, 1850, [unpaged -- entry 67] / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=maikb1i3wSUC&pg=PT144&lpg=PT144&dq=longcot+church+font&source=web&ots=p3k5tJJE6J&sig=KYjkm8H5wOoAuH7BvnLp7JqMPus&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA17,M1] [accessed 31 December 2008]