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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11285BLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Blackdown
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Blackdown, Beaminster DT8 3LE , United Kingdom
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B3165, in the W of the county, near the Devon border, with Somerset to the N
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Additional Comments: recycled font: modern stand
Font Notes:
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In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Featureless cauldron, C12 or C13, recently nicely placed on a simple black metal stand."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 95