Oake / Ac / Acha / Ache / Oak / Oke

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13462OAK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: [composite font?], [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km SE of Milverton, 7-8 km NW of Wellington
Additional Comments: composite font? / re-cycled font? / two fonts in one?
Font Notes:
Jeboult (1873) notes: "The font is large, and apparently very old." Wade & Wade (1929) report "an old font" in this church. A 'History of St. Batholomew's Church, Oake, Somerset' by Pat and Lucy O’Reilly (1989) in the Community web site for Oake, Hillcommon, Hillfarrance and Heathfield [http://www.oake.org.uk/oake%20church.htm] [accessed 30 March 2008] notes: "The font is formed by a perfectly plain tub in Ham stone, standing on what may be another inverted stone tub of a much earlier date; it is difficult to assess the age of the font, but one authority has described it as ‘undoubtedly Saxon’, and it is probably the oldest thing in the church." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Jeboult, Edward, A General Account of West Somerset, description of the Valley of the Tone, and the history of the twon of Taunton, Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-press, 1873, p. 75 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=h-kGAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA100&lpg=RA1-PA100&dq=west+hatch+church+font&source=bl&ots=8DPeBrOd_W&sig=MBiQ5MYBqifsAD89-vQ_wGSHaKA&hl=en&ei=woMRSv6yH4jOMqKBnbMG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPP7,M1] [accessed 18 May 2009]
  • Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 30 March 2008]