English Bicknor / Bicanofre
Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2009
CC-BY-SA-2.0
Results: 8 records
view of basin
Scene Description: the patched upper rim and the marks on the opposite side are probably evidence of an old font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 March 2007 by John Wilkes
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 March 2007 by John Wilkes
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - arcade - south arcade - capital
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 March 2007 by John Wilkes
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - arcade - south arcade - capital - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Carved 12th century Norman capital in the south arcade of St.Mary's church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2009 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1401790] [accessed 11 December 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - nave - looking southeast
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church Interior, English Bicknor. View of the interior of St Mary's church which is dominated by these Norman pillars."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stuart Wilding, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2014 by Stuart Wilding [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4657803] [accessed 11 December 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - nave - north arcade - arch
Scene Description: easternmost arch of the north arcade of the nave -- Source caption: "This arch, with its carvings of animal heads, is just one of the many interesting features in St Mary's church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stuart Wilding, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2014 by Stuart Wilding [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4657825] [accessed 11 December 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - nave - north arcade - arch - detail
Scene Description: detail of the easternmost arch of the north arcade of the nave -- Source caption: "Detail of carvings on a Norman arch in St Mary's church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stuart Wilding, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2014 by Stuart Wilding [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4657815] [accessed 11 December 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Plain circular font in St.Mary's church, most probably Norman".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2009 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1401726] [accessed 11 December 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 12868ENG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Balls Hill, English Bicknor, Coleford GL16 7PG, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located E of the A40, 8 km ENE of Monmouth, near the county border with Herefs.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of St. Briavels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle
Century and Period: 12th century [re-tooled], Medieval [altered]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
Font Notes:
Click to view
No individual entry for English Bicknor found in the Domesday survey. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 5, 1996) notes: "English Bicknor church, which stands in the outer bailey of a Norman castle, [...] dates from the 12th century. [...] It was recorded from 1221 when, during the minority of the lord of Bicknor, the Crown presented to it [...] The Norman font is plain and tub-shaped" [the VCH footnotes: "Trans. B.G.A.S., xlix, 133, 153"]. Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Scraped circular Norman tub on a hardly less slim stem." The entry for this church in the CRSBI (2018) notes: "The font may also be a product of the 12thc, but without any sculpted decoration it is impossible to be sure. [...] A plain cylindrical font that sharply tapers at the centre. It has an octagonal base and rests on a circular plinth. The main body of the font has an exceptionally smooth finish in comparison to the base and plinth, which could be a sign that it was reworked at a later date." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO5812915812] reports a stone stoup in the north transept, and a plain circular font in the south aisle. The plain tub font appears to have been re-cut or re-tooled; there is repaired damage to the upper rim area.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.8388, -2.609
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 50′ 19.68″ N, 2° 36′ 32.4″ W
UTM: 30U 526939 5743182
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 76 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * CRSBI (2018)
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain; ball handl/finial
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2018-12-11 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2018-12-11 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002