Poole nr. Wareham

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11355POO

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James

Church Patron Saint(s): St. James

Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located in the SE corner of the county, just across from Wareham, near the border with Hampshire

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury

Additional Comments: disappeared font: from the earlier medieval church on this site

Font Notes: Click to view

In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Of mahogany, with dainty decoration partly classical, partly Gothick. The date is no doubt c.1820." [NB: there is no trace left of the original medieval church in this site and we have no information on the earlier baptismal font(s) of the previous church here].

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 318