Harescombe / Hersecome
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
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Results: 6 records
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: at the top of the base colonnettes
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Saffron Blaze, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2011 by Saffron Blaze [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harescombe_Church.jpg] [accessed 13 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Harescombe church is dedicated to St John the Baptist and dates from the late 13th century. It stands at the foot of the Cotswold escarpment in the small village of Harescombe."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Halling, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 March 2013 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3356989] [accessed 13 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Harescombe, England, featuring the parish church of St John the Baptise. The Church of St John the Baptist in was consecrated in 1315."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Saffron Blaze, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2011 by Saffron Blaze [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harescombe_Panorama_Church.jpg] [accessed 13 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Halling, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 March 2013 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3357013] [accessed 13 February 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
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: 13112HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Harescombe, Gloucester GL4 0XD, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A4173, about 9 km S of Gloucester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Dudstone
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (late?) / 13th century, Transitional / Early English
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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There is an entry for Harescombe [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO8310/harescombe/] [accessed 13 February 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Verey and Brooks (1999-2002) note: "Font. Transitional Norman or E[arly] E[nglish], and exceptionally beautiful in its simplicity. Plain circular bowl on thirteen clustered shafts with small bell-shaped capitals with no necks." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO8373710416] notes: "Parish church. C13; 1871 restoration" but mentions no font in it. Flat wooden cover, round and with a scalloped edge; ring handle; appears modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.79235, -2.237043
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 47′ 32.46″ N, 2° 14′ 13.36″ W
UTM: 30U 552619 5738218
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002