Witchampton

INFORMATION

FontID: 11447WHI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Cuthberga

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Cuthburga [aka Cuthberga]

Country Name: England

Location: Dorset, South West

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B3078, about 9 km N of Wimborne Minster

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 15th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Mee (1939) simply as "an ancient font". [NB: the fnot may date to the same period as the tower, the 15th century]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1970

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