Backwell

Described in Rutter (1829): "The font is circular, and of the Norman era." Noted in the Proceedings (1881) of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1882): "One feature of the Norman church not in situ was the much mutilated remains of the old Norman font, now placed under the tower. Mr. Street, the architect, has designed an entirely new font." Tyrrell-Green (1928) gives a list of fonts in which a rope moulding constitutes "the sole adornment": Bierton (Bucks.), Egloskerry (Cornwall), Launcells Cornwall), Tremaine (Cornwall), Wick (Glam), Tresmere (Cornwall), Notgrove (Gloucs.), Folkton (NYorks.), Backwell (Somerset), Congresbury (Somerset). Described in Pevsner (1958): "Norman; circular with a cable-moulding." The National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33417] [accessed 9 September 2009] notes: "Font; C12, restored 1907, circular bowl with cable moulding, circular stem with foliate moulding on base." [NB: the base and its decoration may be the result of the 1907 restoration].