Horton nr. Bristol / Horedone
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Standing permission
Results: 2 records
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
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
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13117HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only] [re-cut in the 17th century, Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James the Elder
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Notes: church originally 12thC
Church Address: 2 Court Cottages, Horton BS37 6QR
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
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]
Additional Comments: altered font / re-cut font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Click to view
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."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.563746, -2.339114
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 33′ 49.49″ N, 2° 20′ 20.81″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cf. Font Notes
Basin Interior Shape: cf. Font Notes
Basin Exterior Shape: cf. Font Notes
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-century
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 1: 418