Fordington nr. Dorchester No. 2 / Fortitone

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B01: symbol - shield - in a quatrefoil - 6?

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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BU01: design element - motifs - floral - square flower - 6?

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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LB01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches - 6?

Scene Description: on only six (?) sides of the octagonal stem, the rest are blank [cf. Font notes]

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - east view

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church exterior - tympanum

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view of church interior - looking southwest

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view of font - back side

Scene Description: the two (?) plain sides on the back side of the font

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view of font - front side

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view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11298FOR

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George

Church Patron Saints: St. George

Church Location: High St, Fordington, Dorchester DT1 1LB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1305 262394

Country Name: England

Location: Dorset, South West

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B3143, W of the A35, in the NE outskirts of Dprchester, about 12 km N of Weymouth

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury

Historical Region: Hundred of Dorchester

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for the information on, and photographs of this font.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an enret for this Fordington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SY6990/fordington/] [accessed 19 February 2022] but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. During his visit to this church in October 1825, Glynne (1923) noted: "The font is octagonal, and panneled with quatrefoils containing shields, the pedestal is also panneled and has a hollow band of square flowers just below the basin." Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874): "The font is octagonal, with the quatrefoil and shield on each face, and is of the fifteenth century. In Barnes (1891): "Font. Perpendicular, 15th century." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as Perpendicular. Noted in Long (1923) as a "good example of the quatrefoil type of bowl" of the enriched octagonal fonts of the Perpendicular period. In the RCHM (1970). In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Octahgonal, Perp[endicular], with shields in quatrefoils." Described and illustrated in Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk]. The font has two (?) sides of the basin and the stem cpmpletely plain, which is a likely indication that the font was originally intended to be placed against a corner [it is unlikely that this font was simply 'unfinished' for lack of payments, death of the artisan, etc.] [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]. [cf. Index entry for Fordington No. 1for the 17th-century (?) stoup in this church]. [We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for the information on, and photographs of this font and church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.7138, -2.4283

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 42′ 49.68″ N, 2° 25′ 41.88″ W

UTM: 30U 540362 5618155

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone [Purbeck]

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Rim Thickness: 14 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 55 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 83 cm*

Basin Depth: 27 cm*

Basin Total Height: 33 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm*

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal and plain; modern?

REFERENCES

Barnes, W. Miles, "A brief historical & descriptive sketch of the churches in the rural deanery of Dorchester (Dorchester portion)", XII, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1891, pp. [36]-70; r["References"]

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

Glynne, Stephen Richard, "Notes on some Dorset churches", 44, 86-104, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1970

Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973

Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; r["References"]

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972