Horton nr. Poole / Hortune
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view of font and cover in context
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design element - motifs - trefoil - in a circle - 8
Scene Description: the upper side of the basin shows the new-stone insert repairs, visible here in lighter tones
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2012
Image Source: photograph taken 5 August 1998 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3274480] [accessed 11 November 2015]
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view of church exterior in context
![Source caption: "Church of St Wolfrida, Horton. The church has its origins in the 12th or 13th centuries with restorations in 1869 and 1900. The tower is either by or influenced by Vanbrugh who was working locally. St Wolfrida, who died at Horton as the Abbess of a nunnery. It is the only church in the county dedicated to this lady." [NB: the exterior shape dates to the 1722 re-building of the medieval church]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1151112004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Wolfrida, Horton. The church has its origins in the 12th or 13th centuries with restorations in 1869 and 1900. The tower is either by or influenced by Vanbrugh who was working locally. St Wolfrida, who died at Horton as the Abbess of a nunnery. It is the only church in the county dedicated to this lady." [NB: the exterior shape dates to the 1722 re-building of the medieval church]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maigheach-ghea, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 November 2009 by Maigheach-ghea [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1587607] [accessed 11 November 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2012
Image Source: photograph taken 5 August 1998 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3274480] [accessed 11 November 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11322HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Wolfreda
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Wolfreda [aka Wolfrida]
Church Notes: original church 12th-13thC, remodelled 1722, restored 1869 and 1900
Church Address: Horton, Dorset, England, BH21 7JA, UK
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B3078, N of Holt, NNE of Poole
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Bradbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s)? (the one(s) from the original Domesday-time church here)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Horton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU0207/horton/] [accessed 11 November 2015]; it reports two churches in it. The 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874) notes: "There is a good octagonal Perpendicular font, not now in use. The bowl has trefoils on each panel, and trefoil-headed panels sculptured on the stem." In The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/horton.htm]: an octagonal mounted font probably of a late date [NB: this same source informs that the original Benedictine Abbey in Horton was founded in 961 AD; eventually, after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the priory church became parish church after 18 March 1539, so it is quite likely that a baptismal font would have been set up after that date -- the church underwent major changes in the 18th century]
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
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 573293 5635501
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.866547, -1.958455
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 51′ 59.57″ N, 1° 57′ 30.44″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle
REFERENCES
- Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973, vol. 3: 158