Edington nr. Bridgwater / Eduuinetone

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13423EDI

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and St. George

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & St. George

Church Location: 1 The Walls, Edington, Bridgwater TA7 9JU, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Somerset, South West

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A39 [aka Bath Rd], 14-15 km ENE of Bridgwater

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells

Historical Region: Hundred of Whitley

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century (early?), Late Norman

Church Notes: The VCH [cf. FontNotes] informs that the church was "dedicated to St. Michael in 1209 [...] and to St. George by 1763"

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There is an entry for this Edington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST3839/edington/] [accessed 25 April 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Wade & Wade (1929) report: "The church has been rebuilt (1877-79), and contains no ancient features except a very good Norm[an] font". Described in Pevsner (1958): "Bowl with two big scallops each side. Cable-moulding below and cable moulding on the base. Corner spurs." The Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 8, 2004) states: "The font in Edington church indicates a foundation by the earlier 12th century [...] The large, early 12th-century font, with cable mouldings and scallops [...] survive from the earlier building." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST3870939797] reports: "Good Norman font, bowl with 2 large scallops to each face, corner spurs and 2 cable mouldings; good late C19 cover." Raised on a moden lower base, to which the lower rope moulding appears to belong. The wooden cover is square and flat, with metal decoration and handle; late-Victorian..

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.1541, -2.8777

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 9' 14" N, 2° 52' 39" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: square-to-round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: square

Basin Exterior Shape: square-to-round

Drainage Notes: lead-lined

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th-century?

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-03-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Chevalier, C., "Piscine baptismale à immersion du VIe siècle à Civray-sur-Cher", XIII (1860), Mémoires de la Société Archéologique de Touraine, 1860, pp. 217-225; r["References"]

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