Nympsfield / Nimdesfelde / Nymdesfelda / Nymphsfield

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view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior - west end
view of church interior - looking southeast
INFORMATION
FontID: 12968NYM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew [St. Margaret?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew [St. Margaret?]
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NE of Dursley, 10 km SW of Stroud
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Century and Period: Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and modern font
Church Notes: the National Gazetteer of 1868 has the church dedicated to St. Margaret
Font Notes:
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The original church here was probably of the 15th century, as the surviving tower indicates; the rest is from the 1861-1863 re-building by Teulon. The modern font was originally beneath the tower, but has been moved into the nave. Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) note: "Font. By Teulon. Hexagonal bowl chamfered down to a central pillar with six surrounding shafts. The original wrought-iron lifting gear survives under the tower, but the lofty openwork metal cover has been shamefully relegated to the churchyard." [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font from the 15th-century church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 549527 5727915
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002