Farnborough nr. Banbury / Ferneberge

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view of base - lower base

Scene Description: the original 14th-century lower base [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 27 November 2009 by Walwyn [www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/4279558152/] [accessed 7 January 2015]

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: only the lower base of the font is original

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view of font cover

Scene Description: the modern cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12613FAR

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Botolph

Church Patron Saints: St. Botulph [aka St. Botolph, Botolph of Thorney, Botulf]

Church Location: Farnborough, Warwickshire NG34 7JZ

Country Name: England

Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located between the M40 (W) and the A423 (E), 10 km NW of Banbury

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry

Historical Region: Hundred of Hunesberi [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Kington

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 14th century [lower base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for this Farnborough [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP4349/farnborough/] [accessed 7 January 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A baptismal font in this church is reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 as being, together with the south door, the oldest part of the original Norman church here. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 5, 1949) notes: "The advowson of Farnborough church descended with the overlordship, being held by Robert Mortimer in 1286 [...] The chancel, nave, porch, and lower part of the tower were mainly of the 14th century, but proof of the 12th-century origin of the church is provided by the re-used remains in the chancel arch and south doorway. The proportions suggest that the nave is on the 12thcentury lines, but the chancel is obviously an enlargement [...] The font has a modern bowl and stem, but the base-mould, of three rounds, and chamfered step are of the 14th century."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.142727, -1.367664

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 8′ 33.82″ N, 1° 22′ 3.59″ W

UTM: 30U 611700 5778169

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood, oak?

Notes: pyramidal octagonal, with crocketed arrises and lower volume with carved sides

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-01-07 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

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