Gillingham nr. Shatesbury No. 2 / Gelingeham / Gelingham
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design element - motifs - paterae
Scene Description: very worn; the basin is also cracked horizontally through the middle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 February 2018 by Hugh Llewelyn [https://flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/25687352817] [accessed 11 November 2019]
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view of font and cover in context - east side
Scene Description: Source caption: "the 15th Century Perpendicular font in Purbeck stone"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hugh Llewelyn, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 February 2018 by Hugh Llewelyn [https://flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/25687352817] [accessed 11 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 11308GIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: High St, Gillingham SP8 4AW , UK
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (NE) the B3081-B3092 crossroads, 8 km NW of Shaftesbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Mere
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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There are eight entries for this Gillingham in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST8026/gillingham/] [accessed 11 November 2019] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874): "The font has an octagonal basin of Purbeck marble, and is of good Perpendicular design." Noted in Long (1923) as a good example of the enriched octagonal fonts of the Perpendicular period in this county, this one decorated with foliage motif. In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal, with paterae motifs." Listed in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble [polygonal II type]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST8064126583 ] notes; "Parish church, chancel C14, main body of church 1838-1839, west tower 1908-1909, south chapel and vestries 1921. [...] C15 font with octagonal bowl with paterae-much worn." [cf. Index entry for Gillingham St. Mary's No. 1 (Dorset) for a Norman font in this church -- NB: Newman & Pevsner (ibid.) do not mention the Norman font in their entry]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.03811, -2.2771
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 2′ 17.2″ N, 2° 16′ 37.56″ W
UTM: 30U 550684 5654312
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (Purbeck)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat with metal decoration; appears modern
REFERENCES
Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973
Leach, Rosemary, A Investigation into the use of Purbeck Marble in Medieval England, Hartlepool: E.W. Harrisons & Sons, 1975
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