Witchampton
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11447WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Cuthberga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Cuthburga [aka Cuthberga]
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B3078, about 9 km N of Wimborne Minster
Font Notes:
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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, vol. 5: 104-105
- Mee, Arthur, The King's England. Dorset: Thomas Hardy's Country, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939, p. 313