Fordington nr. Dorchester No. 2 / Fortitone
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B01: symbol - shield - in a quatrefoil - 6?
![[cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1051231026_compressed.png)
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?
![on only six (?) sides of the octagonal stem, the rest are blank [cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1051231024_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on only six (?) sides of the octagonal stem, the rest are blank [cf. Font notes]
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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 and cover
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view of basin - interior
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church exterior - east 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 - plan, elevation, section and sketch
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11298FOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. George
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Address: High St, Fordington, Dorchester DT1 1LB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1305 262394
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: unfinished font? more likely intended for a corner [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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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]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for the information on, and photographs of this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 540362 5618155
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.7138, -2.4283
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 42′ 49.68″ N, 2° 25′ 41.88″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone [Purbeck]
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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*
Notes on Measurements: * [all measurements courtesy of Image courtesy & copyright © Gerald Duke, 2004 [www.martinstown.co.uk]]
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; p. 43
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 198
- 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, vol. 2, pt. 1: 110-112
- Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973, vol. 2: 799
- Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 72, 76
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 180