Long Crichel / Chirce / Circel
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Results: 7 records
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches - 8
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design element - motifs - moulding
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symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - 8
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symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil
![[cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/image_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's Church, Long Crichel, Dorset. This little flint and limestone church was closed in 2003 and is now surrounded by a fence."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Napier, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2005 by David Napier [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/93764] [accessed 23 September 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Long Crichel church. St. Mary's is grade II listed, Victorian apart from the 15th century tower."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robin Webster, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 March 2017 by Robin Webster [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5299621] [accessed 23 September 2020]
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view of font in context - southwest side
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave, north side
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11332CRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [redundant since June 2003]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 1 Henry Cottages, Long Crichel, Wimborne BH21 5LF, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (SE) the A354, 8 km NE of Blandford, 10-12 km NNW of Wimborne Minster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Knowlton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side [now permanently closed]
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church Notes: 15thC church re-built [minus the tower] in 1851; redundant in 2003; under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches since 2010
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for [Long] Crichel [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST9710/long-crichel/] [accessed 23 September 2020] neither of which mentions priest of church in it. Newman & Pevsner (1972) note: "Font. Octagonal, of Purbeck marble; Perp[endicular]. Quatrefoils with set-in shields as decoration." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST9775310272] notes: "C15 Purbeck marble font with octagonal, panelled bowl and panelled stem".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.8919, -2.0334
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 53′ 30.84″ N, 2° 2′ 0.24″ W
UTM: 30U 567983 5638249
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck)
Number of Pieces: 3?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Notes: round and flat; metal handle
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972