Owermoigne

Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012

Image and permission received (email of 23 January 2012)

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view of church exterior - south view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 January 2012 by Colin Smith

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2005 [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 January 2012 by Colin Smith

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11352OWE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Church Lane, Owermoigne, Dorset DT2 8HS
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SE of Dorchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: formerly in the Hundred of Winfrith; later a liberty on its own right
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
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. We are also grateful to Colin Smith for his additional photographs of church and font
In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Columnar; C18." The Dorset Historic Churches Trust site [http://dorsethistorichurchestrust.co.uk/owermoigne.htm] [accessed 18 December 2005] notes: "The 18C columnar font [...] was found filled with flowers in the rectory garden before being finally restored to its proper place in the church." [NB: the tower dates from the 15th century, while the rest of the church dates from the pre-Victorian restoration; we have no information of the earlier font(s) of this church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.667085, -2.328364
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 40′ 1.51″ N, 2° 19′ 42.11″ W
UTM: 30U 547465 5613020

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972