Flax Bourton
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Michael and All Angels Church, Flax Bourton. Viewed across the A370 Main Road. The Anglican Parish Church in the Diocese of Bath & Wells has 12th century origins, with later alterations and a mid 19th century restoration. "
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jaggery, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 July 2012 by Jaggery [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3713797] [accessed 8 November 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13426FLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 13th, 15th and 19thC
Church Address: A370, Flax Bourton, North Somerset, BS48 3PY, UK
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A370, just W of the crossroads with the B3129, 3 km E of Nailsea, 9 km WSW of Bristol
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Notes:
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No entry found for Flax Bourton in the Domesday survey. Wade & Wade (1929) mention a font in this church without any detail of it. Described in Pevsner (1958): "Norman, square, with big scallops on the underside." The entry for this church in Historic England [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1129835] [accessed 8 November 2017] reports: "Font: C12, scalloped square bowl on cylindrical base."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 520095 5696705
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.4212, -2.711
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 25′ 16.32″ N, 2° 42′ 39.6″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Somerset and Bristol, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 193
- Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 16 March 2008]