Falfield

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken in March 2007 by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 12831FAL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Falfield, Gloucestershire, GL12 8DH
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A38, 24 km SW of Gloucester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1860s?
Century and Period: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this font.
Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with a moulding at the upper rim and, on each side panel, a rose in a quatrefoil; the lower side of the basin has a flat moulding under which runs an inscription [appears to date the font to 1860 (?)], and a graded moulding at the underbowl; octagonal stem with cinquefoil window on each side; moulded lower base. Octagonal wooden cover made of two flat levels; modern. [NB: the church itself is from 1860; no record of an earlier church here].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: appears to have a date [1860?]
Inscription Location: around the lower basin side
Inscription Text: [transcription not available]
Inscription Source: [cf. ImageArea]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]