Upton Noble / Opetone

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph 1 January 2010 in Upton Noble [https://www.uptonnoble.com/documents/image/18/] [accessed 12 April 2018]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph 1 January 2010 in Upton Noble [https://www.uptonnoble.com/documents/image/18/] [accessed 12 April 2018]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Mary Magdalene, Upton Noble. The church built of Doulting rubble has its origins in the 12th century and was restored and remodelled in 1880."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 January 2010 by Maigheach-gheal [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1646617] [accessed 12 April 2018]

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view of church interior - chancel

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior, Church of St Mary Magdalene. The church has its origins in the 12th century and has a fine waggon roof in the chancel."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 January 2010 by Maigheach-gheal [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1645770] [accessed 12 April 2018]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph 1 January 2010 in Upton Noble [https://www.uptonnoble.com/documents/image/18/] [accessed 12 April 2018]

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view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph 1 January 2010 in Upton Noble [https://www.uptonnoble.com/documents/image/13/] [accessed 12 April 2018]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13490UPT

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene [St. Margaret until 1865]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene [St. Margaret before 1865]

Church Location: 4 Church St, Upton Noble, Shepton Mallet BA4 6AS, UK -- Tel.: +44 1749 850766

Country Name: England

Location: Somerset, South West

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A359, 12 km SW of Frome

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Welss

Historical Region: Hundred of Bruton

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, by the S entranceway

Century and Period: 13th century, Early English

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is entry for Upton [Noble] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST7139/upton-noble/] [accessed 12 April 2018], but it does not mention cleric or church in it. Wade & Wade (1929) report: "The font is early". The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 7, 1999) notes: "Te church probably dates from the late 12th century [...] The font is of the 13th century." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST7129339451] reports a 13th-century font here.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.157222, -2.411944

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 9′ 26″ N, 2° 24′ 43″ W

UTM: 30U 541124 5667473

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: dound and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; modern

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-04-08 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929