Westmill / Wesmele / Westmel / Westmele / Westmelle / Westmelne / Westmulle / Westmylne

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design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: digital photograph in the Friends of Westmill Church's web site [www.friendsofwestmillchurch.org.uk/history.html] [accessed 31 October 2016]
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design element - motifs - floral - in a circle
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Friends of Westmill Church, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph in the Friends of Westmill Church's web site [www.friendsofwestmillchurch.org.uk/history.html] [accessed 31 October 2016]
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design element - motifs - floral - square flower - in a quatrefoil
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Friends of Westmill Church, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph in the Friends of Westmill Church's web site [www.friendsofwestmillchurch.org.uk/history.html] [accessed 31 October 2016]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary the Virgin, Westmill. The plan of the nave and chancel is thought to be pre-Norman conquest [...] The north aisle is C12, the chancel C13 and the tower and nave roof are C15."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bikeboy, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2015 by Bikeboy [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4535786] [accessed 31 October 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 11944WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: High Street, Westmill, Hertfordshire SG9 9LJ
Country Name: England
Location: Hertfordshire, East
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A10, about halfway between Royston (N) and Ware (S)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Braughing [aka Braughin]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the tower
Century and Period: 15th century (late?), Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for Westmill [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL3627/westmill/] [accessed 31 October 2016], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertfordshire (1911) reports: "Font: of clunch, octagonal, with panelled sides, late 15th-century." The Victoria County History (Hertfordshire, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The plans of nave and chancel are probably pre-Conquest; the walls may be of the 13th century, as there are details of that period, and the north aisle was erected earlier in that century; the chancel arch has details of the middle of the 14th century, and the west tower is of late 15th-century work. The church was thoroughly repaired in 1875 [...] The octagonal font [...] dates from the latter part of the 15th century; the south side of the bowl is plain, the others have traceried panels; the stem is plain." In Pevsner & Cherry (1977): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with fleurons in quatrefoils, circles, etc.; also blank tracery."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.926666, -0.010174
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 55′ 36″ N, 0° 0′ 36.62″ W
UTM: 30U 705566 5757106
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (clunch)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2006-07-05 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationary Office by J. Truscott, 1911