Gorsley
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church interior - looking northeast
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13104GOR
Church/Chapel: Christ Church
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the B4221, off the M50, 7 km WNW of Newent, 10 km E of Ross-on-Wye
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1893?
Century and Period: 19th century (late?), Late Victorian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font in C17-C18 style." Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin tapering to meet the narrow pedestal base of the same shape. Flat octagonal wooden cover; contemporary. Font and cover probably of the same date as the church itself, ca. 1892-1893.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.92915,
-2.4567
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 55′ 44.94″ N,
2° 27′ 24.12″ W
UTM: 30U 537357 5753298
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: late 19th-century?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002