Bristol No. 8

INFORMATION

FontID: 10656BRI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James aka Priory Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: Bristol, South West
Directions to Site: On Whitson Street
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Church Notes: views of church and modern font [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/churchcrawler/bristol/james.htm&date=2009-10-25+17:20:00] [accessed 15 September 2011]
Noted in Foyle (2004): "Neo-Norman font, probably by Popes & Bindon, 1864". The modern font of Norman-like style consists of a square basin with scalloped sides, raised on a broad central shaft and a quadrangular lower base; on a two-step plinth. The wooden cover is also modern. [NB: the church was originally that of a Benedictine Priory in 1129; we have no information on its earlier font].

REFERENCES

Foyle, Andrew, Bristol, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2004