France Lynch
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes in [http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/EbringtonPhotos.html] [accessed 16 September 2007]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes in [http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/EbringtonPhotos.html] [accessed 16 September 2007]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13096FRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Keble Road, France Lynch, Gloucestershire, GL6 8LL
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1855?
Century and Period: 19th century (mid), Victorian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: designed by G.F. Bodley?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey and Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Octagonal, of maroon Devonshire marble, with finely designed brass- and ironwork on the cover." Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin of reddish-purple marble raised on five supports; wooden cover. Victorian, of about the date of the church itself, 1857. Verey & Brooks (ibid.) note the church as designed by G.F. Bodley, for the Rev. Thomas Keble.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal ornamentation and ring handle
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002