Mells

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13455MEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km WNW of Frome
Font Notes:
Noted in the Handbook for travellers… (1869) as a plain Norman font. Kelly's Directory of 1883 mentions a font in the south aisel of the church. Wade & Wade (1929) report a Norman font in this church. A "Norman tub font" is noted in the National Monuments Record (IoE no. 266724) [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=266724] [accessed 27 March 2008]. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883, p. 261
  • Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire, London: John Murray, 1869, p. 371 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=hYEOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA369&lpg=PA369&dq=hemyock+church+font&source=bl&ots=wV68KRXFhH&sig=_-CnLgSLeYKjq8YBQMsxSQrjbvA&hl=en&ei=1IKRSeTLOojKNO3c_YkM&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPR1,M1] [accessed 10 February 2009]
  • Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 26 March 2008]