Horton nr. Bristol / Horedone
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13117HOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James the Elder
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Location: 2 Court Cottages, Horton BS37 6QR
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A46, about 12 km NE of Bristol
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Grimboldestou [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] [re-cut in the 17th century, Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
Church Notes: church originally 12thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for this Horton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST7685/horton/] [accessed 11 November 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) write: "Font. Norman bowl, cut into a panelled octagon in the C17, on a round pedestal. C17 wooden cover."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.563746,
-2.339114
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 33′ 49.49″ N,
2° 20′ 20.81″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: [cf. FontNotes]
Basin Interior Shape: [cf. FontNotes]
Basin Exterior Shape: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-century
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002