Piddlehinton
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Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ceolmor, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 July 2008 by Ceolmor [http://www.flickr.com/photos/23401971@N03/2819093655/in/set-72157607072307003/] [accessed 6 January 2010]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11354PID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1299?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (late?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B3143, S of Piddletrenthide, 8 km NNE of Dorchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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The Dorset Historic Churches Trust site [http://dorsethistorichurchestrust.co.uk/piddlehinton.htm] notes: "The church was dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin in 1299, but of the original building only the west arch under the tower remains." The DHCT further illustrates an octagonal font of the Perpendicular type: octagonal basin decorated with tetrafoils, raised on an octagonal stem and lower base; low-rise octagonal wooden cover with moulded sides and arch finial. The font design seems to match the Perpendicular fabric of part of the church, but it is most likely a 19th-century Victorian work. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 541915 5624826
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]