Great Barrington
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church interior - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13105BAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Great Barrington, Gloucestershire, OX18 4TA
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A40, just W of Taynton, about 4 km WNW of Burford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Slaughter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [restored in the 19th century], Perpendicular [altered]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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
The Victoria County History (Gloucestershire, vol. 6, 1965) notes: "In 1086 the tenants at Barrington of Walter son of Roger included a priest [...] Part of the 12th-century fabric of the church survives in the wide chancel arch [...] The carved octagonal bowl of the 15th-century font is similar to those at Windrush and Oddington." Noted in Verey and Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Restored C15, with an octagonal bowl on a panelled stem." Baptismal font of Perpendicular design, the sides of the basin with the characteristic quatrefoil panels inscrbing a floral motif, but, the florettes of the underbowl are a tell-tale of Victorian restoration; wooden cover, octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle. On a multi-step plinth. [NB: the original fabric of the church goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 589996 5741145
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-07-05 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002