Tarrant Keyneston / Tarrant Keynston / Tarent Kayneston

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph inThe Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11435TAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located SE of Blandford Forum
Additional Comments: disappeared font: the orig. 13th-cent font
Font Notes:
The 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874) reports already a modern font in this church. Illustrated in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]: octagonal mounted font probably from the time of the major rebuilding of this church in the 1850s. [NB: the original church goes back to the 13th century but we have no information on the original font(s) of this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of the modern font

REFERENCES

  • Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973, vol. 1: 322