Broadmayne No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11508BRO
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: In the porch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Main St, Broadmayne, Dorchester DT2 8EB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1305 852435
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A352, SE of Dorchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Font Notes:
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Barnes (1891) notes: "in the porch, within the lower stage of the tower [...] a stoup with the face cut off and showing the basin in section" [NB: Barnes (ibid.) dates this part of the tower to the 13th century]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Barnes, W. Miles, "A brief historical & descriptive sketch of the churches in the rural deanery of Dorchester (Dorchester portion)", XII, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1891, pp. [36]-70; p. 63