Willersey nr. Chipping Camden / Willersei

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Peter's church, Willersey. Unusual to find a central tower on a small country church. View from the north-west."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 September 2009 by Jonathen Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1513953] [accessed 28 December 2018]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Peter's church, Willersey - interior. Looking through the central tower crossing towards the chancel."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 September 2009 by Jonathen Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1513958] [accessed 28 December 2018]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Peter's church, Willersey - interior. Looking towards the nave and the west end."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 September 2009 by Jonathen Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1513962] [accessed 28 December 2018]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes April 2007

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Early Norman c1050 tub style font , restored by Prof. Hewins and used again for the first time for 60 years on February 12th 1905 . Once in the north transept it was transferred to its present position in the 1990s. It is thought it was hidden in the rectory gardens to save it from destruction during the 17c Commonwealth era . - Church of St. Peter, Willersey Gloucestershire".

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 May 2018 by jmc4 [www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/31073326347] [accessed 28 December 2018]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12945WIL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: Church St, Willersey, Broadway WR12 7PN, UK -- Tel.: 01386 834946

Country Name: England

Location: Gloucestershire, South West

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B4632, 6 km W of Chipping Camden

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester

Historical Region: Hundred of Witley

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N transept

Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this font.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for Willersey [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SP1039/willersey/] [accessed 28 December 2018] ; it mentions a priest, but not a church, in it, though there must have been one in it. Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) write: "Font. Norman tub-shaped bowl set on a pillar and plinth of 1905." The upper rim of the basin shows considerable damage, probably from the forceful removal of the old cover staples. Wooden cover, flat with handle across the top. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP1070139661] notes: "Anglican Parish Church, C12 nave with blocked S doorway. C13 N porch. N aisle rebuilt C13. C15 tower. C19 vestry and restoration. [...] Norman tub shaped font on modern pillar and plinth, in N transept." The web site for the parish [www.willersey.org/stpeter.htm] [accessed 28 December 2018] reports: "The ancient font, supposed to date from the 13th century, is preserved, though not now in use." The caption of a 2018 photograph of this font by jmc4 [www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/31073326347] [accessed 28 December 2018] reads: ""Early Norman c1050 tub style font , restored by Prof. Hewins and used again for the first time for 60 years on February 12th 1905 . Once in the north transept it was transferred to its present position in the 1990s. It is thought it was hidden in the rectory gardens to save it from destruction during the 17c Commonwealth era . - Church of St. Peter, Willersey Gloucestershire".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.055232, -1.845363

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 3′ 18.83″ N, 1° 50′ 43.31″ W

UTM: 30U 579168 5767810

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002