Oxford No. 8 / Oxeneford
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Scene Description: the font visible on the left side
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view of font cover
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Image Source: digital photograph in the OCMS web site
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12456OXF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1862?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Philip and St. James, Oxford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Philip & St. James
Church Notes: This church has become one of the most famous examples of ecclesiastical Gothic Revival architecture in the country.
Church Address: St Philip and St James Church, Woodstock Road, Oxford, UK
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in N Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Headington
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font dating from about the consecration of this church ca. 1862. [NB: included in this Index as an example of the survival of the Early English style on modern (Victorian) fonts.]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David Adams and Dr. Wonsuk Ma, of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, Oxford [www.ocms.ac.uk], for the photographs of church and font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal
Notes: [cf. Images Area]