Ibberton / Abristetone / Eberton / Yberton
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11323IBB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Eustace, Ibberton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, near the S door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eustace [aka Eustachius]
Church Address: Ibberton, Blandford Forum DT11 0EN, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7506 511478
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located W of the A350, 10 km NNW of Blandford Forum, about 20 km SSW of Shaftesbury -- the church is away from the town centre, on the side of a hill, up a steep path
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Hilton [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: damaged font / defaced font
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Ibberton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST7807/ibberton/] [accessed 21 June 2025]; it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Notes in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874) simply as "an ancient font". Listed in Long (1923) as baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Mee (1939) notes simply "an ancient font." In Newman & Pevsner (11972): "Font. Octagonal. Perp[endicular], defaced." In The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/ibberton.htm] as a baptismal font of the 15th 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
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973, vol. 4: 361
- Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 76
- Mee, Arthur, The King's England. Dorset: Thomas Hardy's Country, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939, p. 120
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 236