Weston Bampfylde

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13496WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Cross
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A303, 2 km S of Sparkford, 11-12 km WSW of Wincanton
Font Notes:
Kelly's Directory of 1883 reports "an ancient font" in this church. Wade & Wade (1929) report a "Norm[an] font with cable mouldings" in this church. Described in Pevsner (1958): "Late Norman circular bowl with nutmeg top moulding and cable bottom moulding."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
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. 368
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 340
  • Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 10 April 2008]