Hampreston

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11315HAM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, under the W tower
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century [re-cut in the 15th century?], Decorated [altered?]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of this font
Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874): "The font has an octagonal bowl upon a circular stem and more ancient base." Noted in Long (1923) as one of about half-dozen known examples belonging to the Decorated [or 'Second Pointed'] period in Dorset [NB: these include: Hampreston, Nether Compton, West Stafford and Winterborne Compton, as well as the basin of Durweston and, perhaps, Woolland]. In The Dorset Historic Churches Trust: "The Purbeck stone font dates originally from 13C, but was probably re-cut in the 15C [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/hampreston.htm] -- The font consists of a shallow octagonal basin with a chamfered underbowl and stem, all probably altered from the original shape of the old basin; it is raised on an octagonal shelf-shaped lower base and a cross-shaped plinth, both of alater date. Flat octagonal wooden cover, appears modern.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain; octagonal; modern

REFERENCES

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"]