Bulkington
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12559WAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: [composite font], [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Site Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 7 km SSE of Nuneaton
Additional Comments: composite font: marble basin raised on an imported Roman (?) column of Numidian origin
Font Notes:
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Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports "a marble font, resting on a shaft of Numidian marble brought from Rome".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
REFERENCES
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50842] [accessed 22 January 2007]