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INFORMATION
FontID: 11285BLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located in the W of the county, near the Devon border, with Somerset to the N
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
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