Rudgeway

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: only the western tower and part of the north (?) wall remains
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes March 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: blocked north (?) doorway
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes March 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12915RUD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Old Church of St. Helen [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: now in new St. Helen's, Alveston
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Alveston and Rudgeway are in the same parish
Additional Comments: re-cycled font [cf. Index entry for Alveston]
Font Notes:
Only the later tower and an old [12th-century?] arch over a blocked doorway remain now of the Church of St. Helen, Rudgeway. The old Norman font from this church is listed and illustrated in this Index under Alveston
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the information on and photographs of this church.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: [cf. Index entry for Alveston]
Basin Interior Shape: [cf. Index entry for Alveston]