Stone nr. Thornbury
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
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view of church exterior - tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, in The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/] [accessed 30 January 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 19th-century font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, in The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/] [accessed 30 January 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13332STO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A38, 8-9 km NNE of Thornbury, halfway between Gloucester and Bristol
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [recut in the19th century?], Perpendicular [altered?]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/], for his photographs of church and font.
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal, probably recut in the C19. Deep mouldings and bands of quatrefoils on bowl and stem." Octagonal wooden cover with ring handle. The whole on an octagonal plinth. If not re-cut, Victorian. [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 13th century, but we have no information on its earlier medieval font].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 537480 5722872
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
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002