Blackford nr. Wincanton No. 2 / Blacheford

INFORMATION

FontID: 13373BLA

Object Type: Stoup (fragment)?

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: Blackford, Yeovil BA22 7EB, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Somerset, South West

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]

Font Location in Church: In the S porch

Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.0337, -2.4891

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 2′ 1.32″ N, 2° 29′ 20.76″ W

UTM: 30U 535824 5653697

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-03-02 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929