Alton Barnes / Alton Berners / Aultone
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
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Results: 4 records
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior, The Church of St Mary, Alton Barnes. Most of the simple furniture is of oak and dates from the 17th century."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maigheach-gheal, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2009 by Maigheach-gheal [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1428693] [accessed 17 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: with the modern font in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kevin Farmer, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2008 by Kevin Farmer [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2021014] [accessed 17 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 12873ALT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, SN8 4LE
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A361, 10 km E of Devizes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Swanborough
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Alton [Barnes] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/] [accessed 17 September 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 10, 1975) notes: "Saxon work in the church at Alton Barnes indicates that it was built there before the Conquest. [...] Its Saxon origin is clear from parts of its masonry, including long and short quoins at the west end, and from the high narrow proportions of the nave." Thre is no font mentioned in the VCH entry. A digital photograph taken 25 August 2007 Oxfordshire Church Illustrations appears in Flicker [http://flickr.com/photos/oxfordshire_church_photos/342275581/] [accessed 27 December 2006]. The present baptismal font in this church is modern, a round basin on a baluster-type pedestal [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.3572, -1.8477
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 21′ 25.92″ N, 1° 50′ 51.72″ W
UTM: 30U 580233 5690178
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-01-24 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.