Weston nr. Stevenage / Westone

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view of font and cover

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design element - motifs - floral - square flower - in a quatrefoil - 8

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2004
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11945WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Church Lane, Weston, Hertfordshire SG4 7DJ, UK
Site Location: Hertfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A505, 4 km SSE of Baldock, 7 km NNE of Stevenage
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Broadwater
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday-church here)
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Weston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL2530/weston/] [accessed 18 October 2016]; it mentions two priests but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertfordshire (1911) reports: "Font: octagonal, with quatrefoil panels on the moulded bowl, moulded and panelled stem; 15th century." The Victoria County Council (Hertford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The church of the Holy Trinity at Weston was given to the Knights Templars by Gilbert de Clare Earl of Pembroke at some date previous to 1148 and was confirmed to them by William Marshal Earl of Pembroke, one of his successors. [...] The original cruciform church of the 12th century is now represented by the north transept, central tower and nave, and there are traces of a north chapel to the east of the transept. The south aisle, south porch and clearstory were added in the 15th century [...] The font is of the 15th century also, and is octagonal. The sides of the bowl, which is moulded, have quatrefoiled panels, and the stem is also moulded and panelled." In Pevsner & Cherry (1977): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoil panels."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 695227 5759714
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.953813, -0.158869
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 57′ 13.73″ N, 0° 9′ 31.93″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decoration

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. 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, p. 237
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Hertfordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1977, p. 402