Bothenhampton / Baunton

INFORMATION

FontID: 11441BOT

Church/Chapel: Old Church

Country Name: England

Location: Dorset, South West

Directions to Site: Located just SE of Bridport [the old church stands about 400 m. E of the new Holy Trinity parish church]

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in Mee (1939) as a Norman font. The Southern Life (UK) site at Rootsweb.com describes the font as having a circular bowl and a splayed underside.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Mee, Arthur, The King's England. Dorset: Thomas Hardy's Country, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939