Brislington

INFORMATION

FontID: 13379BRI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Luke the Evangelist

Church Patron Saints: St. Luke

Country Name: England

Location: Bristol, South West

Directions to Site: Located on the S side of Church Hill, in the southeastern suburbs of Bristol, near Keynsham

Historical Region: formerly Somerset

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view

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