West Knighton
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11437KNI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
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
Font Notes:
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Barnes (1891) notes the presence in this church of a modern font already. The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk] [accessed 9 January 2006] illustrates a baptismal font consisting of a square basin with vertical sides decorated with three trefoil arches on each side, raised on a five-column base and square lower base; it appears Victorian, althouh the lower base may be the original (?). [NB: the fabric of this church dates back probably to Norman times, but we have no information of the earlier font(s) of this church]
REFERENCES
Barnes, W. Miles, "A brief historical & descriptive sketch of the churches in the rural deanery of Dorchester (Dorchester portion)", XII, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1891, pp. [36]-70; p. 53