Longcot / Longcott
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2006
Standing permission
Results: 2 records
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes (www.allthecorswolds.com)
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2008 by Colin Smith [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/814235] [accessed 31 December 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11871LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] [re-cut] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Longcot
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Cl, Longcot, Faringdon SN7 7TL, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1793 783519
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B4508, 6-7 km SW of Faringdon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: formerly Berkshire
Additional Comments: re-cut font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The Ecclesiastical and Architectural Topography of England: Oxfordshire (1850) notes: "The font is plain, round, seems to be E[arly] E[nglish]." The basin of the current font at Longcot appears to be originally from the early church here; it has been re-cut from the earlier font; the octagonal moulded stem is modern, as is the plinth. The re-cutting must have occurred after 1850
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecorswolds.com, and to Colin Smith, for their photographs of church and font [NB: JW lists Longcot in Wiltshire]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round, with knob handle
REFERENCES
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England: Oxfordshire, Oxford, London: Published under the sanction of the Central Commitee of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland [by] John Henry Parker, 1850, [unpaged -- entry 57] / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=maikb1i3wSUC&pg=PT144&lpg=PT144&dq=longcot+church+font&source=web&ots=p3k5tJJE6J&sig=KYjkm8H5wOoAuH7BvnLp7JqMPus&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA17,M1] [accessed 31 December 2008]