Cossington nr. Brdgewater / Cosintone
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian Rix, 1986
Image Source: photograph taken 10 August 1986 by Ian Rix [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/102457] [accessed 30 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12194COS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Late Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary [dedicated in 1505 [source VCH below]]
Church Address: Manot Rd. at Middle St., Cossington, Somerset, TA7 8JR, UK
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A39, 12 km NE of Bridgewater
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Whitley
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the early-13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Cossington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST3540/cossington/] [accessed 30 July 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 8, 2004) notes: "A rector of Cossington was mentioned in 1225 [...] The church of the Blessed Virgin Mary was so dedicated by 1505 [...] The chancel is of the 13th century [...] The Perpendicular [-style] font appears to be of the 17th century". No font mentioned in Pevsner (1958).
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 505435 5667433
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.15831, -2.92228
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 9′ 29.92″ N, 2° 55′ 20.21″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.