Sezincote / Sesincote

Illustrated with an engraving by J. Basire in Repton (1812), who dates it "from the Conquest [1066] to the reign of King Henry the Second" [1154+]. The font consists of a plain cylindrical basin with a rounded underbowl raised on a short cylindrical base, also plain. The upper rim of the basin has a strange bump on one of the sides. [NB: officers of the Gloucester Diocese informed BSI that: the parish church of Sezincote was demolished in 1714 -- although a Sezincote chapel was created in 1822-1823 at nearby Longborough church, it is not known what happened to the Sezincote font, not even whether or not it survived the demolition -- Longborough itself has an interesting font listed in this Index]. [We are grateful Jonathan MacKechnie-Jarvis, of the Gloucester DAC, and to Alan Brooks, architectural historian, for their help in documenting this font]