Farnborough nr. Banbury / Ferneberge
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: only the lower base of the font is original
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Walwyn, 2009
Image Source: 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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Walwyn, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 November 2009 by Walwyn [www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/4279557552/] [accessed 7 January 2015]
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view of base - lower base
![the original 14th-century lower base [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150118007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the original 14th-century lower base [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Walwyn, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 27 November 2009 by Walwyn [www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/4279558152/] [accessed 7 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission + Creative Commons Licence [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/] [accessed 27 March 2009]
view of font cover
Scene Description: the modern cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Walwyn, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 27 November 2009 by Walwyn [www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/4279558152/] [accessed 7 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission + Creative Commons Licence [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/] [accessed 27 March 2009]
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12613FAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [lower base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Botolph
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Botulph [aka St. Botolph, Botolph of Thorney, Botulf]
Church Address: Farnborough, Warwickshire NG34 7JZ
Site Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: altered font? (the present one: 14thC lower base, but the rest is modern) -- disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 611700 5778169
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.142727, -1.367664
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 8′ 33.82″ N, 1° 22′ 3.59″ W
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-. 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, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50956] [accessed 5 February 2007]