Chadlington / Cedelintone / West Chadlington
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2006
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Results: 5 records
B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - in a circle - in a square - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: on the lower base
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church interior - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12989CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century / 19th century, Perpendicular? / Victorian?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A361, 6 km SSE of Chipping Norton
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the orig Norman font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with quatrefoil-in-a-circle panels, raised on a plain octagonal pedestal base and a moulded lower base, also octagonal. Wooden cover, octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and handle. The whole is raised on a round plinth with kneeling stone. The font is either 15th-century, or a 19th-century imitation of the typical Perpendicular design. [NB: the church of St. Nicholas in Chadlington was originally Norman, but we have no information on the original font of this church -- Lewis' Dictionary of 1831 has a separate entry for East Chadlington that mentions a "chapel dedicated to St. Mary. Lewis' edition of 1848 expands the entry to read: "The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, is a beautiful structure in the early English style", but there is no mention of a font in either entry].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50864] [accessed 16 January 2009]