Keynsham No. 2

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view of church exterior - west end

Scene Description: the new tower [cf. Font notes]

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Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/] [accessed 17 February 2008]

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view of font

Scene Description: the 17th-18th century font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/] [accessed 17 February 2008]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13344KEY
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A4, 13 km WNW of Bath, SSE of Bristol
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1725
Century and Period: 18th century (early), Georgian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes [http://www.allthecotswolds.com], for his photographs of church and font.
One of two baptismal fonts now in Keynsham St. John's, but the only one mentioned in Pevsner (1958): "Dainty decorated baluster stem and small circular bowl; dated 1725." Moulded basin and base, on an octagonal plinth that may perhaps be from the original Perpendicular building; the name 'Harry Bridge' appears inscribed on the side of the basin. [NB: the original font was probably damaged or destroyed when the tower collapsed from the effects of a storm in the 17th century, seriously damaging the nave and the aisles].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: English
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: On the side of the basin
Inscription Text: Partial (?) transcription: "Harry Bridge" [??] - Also date of 1725

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Somerset and Bristol, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958