Charlton Abbots / Cerletone
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2015
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2015 by John Wilkes
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2015 by John Wilkes
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12925CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] -- 19th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Charlton Abbots, Gloucestershire, GL54 5TF
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 4 km from Winchcombe, 8 km from Cheltenham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Greston [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: composite font / altered font
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Charlton [Abbots] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP0324/charlton-abbots/] [accessed 5 July 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. C13 tub-shaped bowl on a C19 pillared base."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 572110 5752310
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.916857, -1.951538
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 55′ 0.68″ N, 1° 57′ 5.54″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1949
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round, with flat cross decoration on top; plaque with date "Easter 1949"
REFERENCES
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 1: 218