Brislington
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13379BRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Luke the Evangelist
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Luke
Site Location: Bristol, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the S side of Church Hill, in the southeastern suburbs of Bristol, near Keynsham
Historical Region: formerly Somerset
Font Notes:
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Wade & Wade (1929) note: "The font is presumably Norm[an]." Described in the Enlgish Heritage site (IoE no. 379146) [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=379146] [accessed 2 March 2008]: "square font on cushion capital and thick, round shaft."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 1 March 2008]