Bradford Peverell
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11509BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary, Bradford Peverell
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Ln, Bradford Peverell, Dorchester DT2 9SB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1305 251422
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A37, 5-6 km NW of Dorchester
Additional Comments: altered font: re-cut basin [cf. FontNotes] -- famous person font: the famous Dorset historian, John Hutchins (1698-1773), who was born in this village, was probably baptised in this old font
Font Notes:
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Noted in Barnes (1891): "the bowl of the font, which appears to have been re-cut" which, together with an arch of the same date, is all that remains of the old church [NB: the new one is described in Barnes (ibid.) as "of 13th century character", i.e., a Victorian version of a 13th-century font from the rebuilding by Decimus Burton -- not listed in this Index]
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. 67