Great Rissington / Risendone / Risington Magna / Risington Magna
Results: 10 records
view of font and cover
design element - motifs - quatrefoil - in a circle - in a square - 8
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5440419] [accessed 14 December 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - transept - capital
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5440436 [accessed 14 December 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - transept - capital
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5440435 [accessed 14 December 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - transept - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5440441 [accessed 14 December 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - transept - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5440444 [accessed 14 December 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Great Rissington, St. John the Baptist's Church: The crossing with pointed arches on all four sides".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5440448 [accessed 14 December 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
![the top of the font is visible on the right [north] opposite the south entranceway](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1181217018_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the top of the font is visible on the right [north] opposite the south entranceway
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/54404230 [accessed 14 December 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5440428] [accessed 14 December 2018]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13106RIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [restored], Perpendicular [altered?]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: Great Rissington, Gloucestershire, GL54 2LL, UK
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A40, W of the A424, 6 km WNW of Burford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Salmonsbury [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Slaughter
Additional Comments: altered font (the present font, of which only the original basin remains; the rest appears new) -- disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1200 church here)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for [Great] Rissington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP1917/great-rissington/] [accessed 14 December 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 6, 1965) notes: "part of the surviving church was built about 1200 [...] The church was largely rebuilt in 1873. [...] The font is of the 15th century, much restored." The VCH entry gives "'Glos. fonts', Trans. B.G.A.S. xliv. 192." as reference. Noted in Verey and Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. C15; restored." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP1951817152] notes: "Anglican parish church. C12, C15, C16, largely rebuilt 1873 [...] C15 octagonal font at the west end of the nave." Baptismal font of classical Perpendicular design, octagonal basin, the side panels with quatrefoil-in-a-circle-in-a-square, deeply carved; the rest of the font appears new but done in much in the style of the original basin.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 588295 5745424
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.852623, -1.718033
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 51′ 9.44″ N, 1° 43′ 4.92″ W
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: plain, round and flat, with ring handle
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 1: 393