Warmwell No. 1 / Warmewelle / Warmwelle

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11432WAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: [whereabouts unknown]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: The Rectory/Main St, Dorchester DT2 8EB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1305 832195
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the junction of the A352 and the B3390, about 7 km ESE of Dorchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Winfrith [Newburgh] [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Described in Hutchins (1863-1871): "The font is probably Norman, being composed of a square bowl of Purbeck marble, supported upon plain shafts at the angles, and formerly probably by a central stem.". Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk] notes that the Warmwell font described in Hutchins [cf. supra] is not the current one [cf. Index entry for Warmwell No. 2] but a square font made of Purbeck stone from the Norman period. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of this font].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for bringing this information to our attention.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 545854 5613493
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.67147, -2.3511
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 40′ 17.29″ N, 2° 21′ 3.96″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861-1873, vol. 1: 434