Mells

INFORMATION

FontID: 13455MEL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 5 km WNW of Frome
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S aisle
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
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
Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire, London: John Murray, 1869
Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929