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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13473PUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A37, 9 km SSE of Bristol
Additional Comments: John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com] has the church exterior but not the interior or font [checked 5 April 2008]
Font Notes:
Tunstall (1847) notes: "Its font is Norman". Kelly's Directory of 1883 reports "a curious old font" in this church. Wade & Wade (1929) report a "square font" in this church. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The National Monuments Record [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=32605] [accessed 21 September 2009] describes the font: "ashlar on an octagonal base, square bowl with decorated underside."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883, p. 292
  • Tunstall, James, Rambles about Bath, and its neighbourhood, London; Bath: Simpkin, Marsahll and Co.; William Pocock, 1847, p. 293 / [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7qwHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA293&lpg=PA293&dq=publow+church+font&source=web&ots=Aftq37LfEN&sig=F-G-R6OjEhxc_R0itnb7PTtsr7o&hl=en#PPA293,M1] [accesseed 5 April 2008]
  • Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 5 April 2008]