Buckland No. 2 / Bochelande / Buckland nr. Broadway
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view of stoup in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Immediately to the left as you come in the south door is this Holy Water stoup, which has been cut into the door frame to allow easier access for parishioners."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Ross & Britain Express Ltd, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/counties/glouces/churches/Buckland/index.htm] [accessed 3 June 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13393BUC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Buckland, Gloucestershire, WR12 7LY
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (SE) the B4632, 3 km SW of Broadway
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Witley
Font Location in Church: Inside the N doorway
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David Ross, of Britain Express [http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/glouces/churches/Buckland.htm] for bringing this stoup to our attention
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for this Buckland [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP0835/buckland/] [accessed 3 June 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A medieval stoup carved on the inside of the the north doorway.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.02685,
-1.877525
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 1′ 36.66″ N,
1° 52′ 39.09″ W
UTM: 30U 577011 5764619
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hexagonal (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal