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INFORMATION

FontID: 11429SIL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located just NW of Gillinham, in the N of the county, near the borders with Somerset on the W, and Wiltshire on the E
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, near the S entrance
Century and Period: 15th century [re-cut ca. 1870?], Perpendicular [altered?]
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
The Builder (issue of 22 January 1870: 73) reports: "There is a Perpendicular font near the entrance, which is by the south porch, and this has been furbished up so as to present a uniform appearance with the rest of the building." The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/silton.htm] has an illustration of a Victorian-looking font in this church; the object appears octagonal, with a goblet-shaped overall design; this must be the 15th-century font refurbished ca. 1870 and reported in The Builder [cf. supra]. [NB: a church on this site is believed to have existed since Norman tiimes [perhaps even Saxon] but we have no information on the earlier font of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal