Worle
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13506WOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the NE suburbs of Weston-super-Mare, off Junction 21 of the M5
Font Notes:
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Wade & Wade (1929) report "Norma[an] remains" in this church, among which is "the octagonal font". Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 12 April 2008]