Blackford nr. Wincanton No. 2 / Blacheford
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13373BLA
Object Type: Stoup, fragment?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: In the S porch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Blackford, Yeovil BA22 7EB, UK
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A303, 5 km E of Parkford, 7 km W of Wincanton [NB: not to be mistaken with one other Blackford in Somerset, nr. Wedmore]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Whitley -- Hundred of Blachethorna [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: damaged stoup / fragment of stoup
Font Notes:
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Wade & Wade (1929) report "the remains of a stoup in th S. porch". The Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 7, 1999) dates the south doorway and the font to the 12th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 535824 5653697
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.0337, -2.4891
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 2′ 1.32″ N, 2° 29′ 20.76″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 1 March 2008]