Edington nr. Bridgwater / Eduuinetone
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design element - motifs - scallop - 8
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13423EDI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (early?), Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and St. George
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & St. George
Church Notes: The VCH [cf. FontNotes] informs that the church was "dedicated to St. Michael in 1209 [...] and to St. George by 1763"
Church Address: 1 The Walls, Edington, Bridgwater TA7 9JU, UK
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
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 Notes:
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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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.1541, -2.8777
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-. 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; p. 166
- Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 15 March 2008]