Leigh nr. Sherborne
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11363LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Village Street, Leigh, Dorset, DT9 6HL
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A37, 9 km WSW of Sherborne, 15 km SSE of Yeovil
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Font Notes:
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Noted in Long (1923) as a baptismal basin of the Norman period raised on a modern base. The Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset (vol. 1, 1952: 130-132) notes: "Parish Church of St. Andrew, formerly a chapel of Yetminster, stands in the village [...] was built in the second half of the 15th century. It was extensively restored in 1854 [...] Font: round convex bowl with roll-moulding at base, 13th-century, stem modern."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.876165, -2.544449
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 52′ 34.19″ N, 2° 32′ 40.01″ W
UTM: 30U 532051 5636153
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted) -- cup-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with carved top and edge; handle finial
REFERENCES
Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 67, 75