Bingham's Melcombe / Melcombe Horsey
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2004
Image Source: digital image in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/bighamsmelcombe.htm]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11503MEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Andrew, Bingham's Melcombe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, towards the W end, in N side nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the chapel at Higher Melcombe
Church Address: Bingham's Melcombe, Dorchester DT2 7PZ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1300 348211
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Melcombe Bingham is located about 16 km NE of Dorchester, 19 km SE of Sherborne, 13 km WSW of Blandford Forum.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font / lost font / replacement font / recycled font [cf. FontNotes] -- cost of font / price of font: the new font from 1753 costed £3, 7s. compare to cost of font in 1458 for ?? font
Font Notes:
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Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874): "The ancient font is lost. The existing sorry substitute was put up in 1753, price 3l. 7s." The entry in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust web site [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/bighamsmelcombe.htm] informs: "The present font is Norman and was brought from the chapel at Higher Melcombe in 1951." The illustration in this last source shows a round basin mounted on a modern pedestal made of multiple stones.
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
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973, vol. 4: 379