Eckington / Aichintune / Akinton / Eccyngtune / Ekenton / Ekinton / Ekyngton

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of font and cover

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Henry Drury, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Henry Drury [www.allthecotswolds.com] [accessed 15 April 2008]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13511ECK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Early English? / Decorated?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Church Street, Eckington, Worcestershire, WR10 3AN
Site Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B4080, 12 km WSW of Evesham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester
Historical Region: Hundred of Pershore
Additional Comments: was there a 10thC church here [as claimed in Miller [cf. FontNotes]? If so, its font has disappeared
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Eckington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO9241/eckington/] [accessed 8 October 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Noake (1848) and (1868) reports "an ancient cylindrical font" in this church at the time of his visit in the mid-19th century. Miller (1890) praises the successful restoration of the original 10th-century oak roof, but does not mention a font in this church. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The earliest work in the existing building is the west wall of the nave and the south arcade, which are of late 12th-century date [...] The 13th-century font has a circular bowl and a stem of four engaged shafts divided by deep hollows and having a moulded necking and base." In Brooks & Pevsner (2007) with date "C13-C14". The Eckington in Worcestershire Holy Trinity History Page [www.water-wizard.co.uk/eckington/churchhistory.html] [accessed 20 May 2010] reports that the font was "moved from the chancel in 1844".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 560849 5768997
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.068217, -2.112284
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 4′ 5.58″ N, 2° 6′ 44.22″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat but has raised decoration and pivot finial; appears modern

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Brooks, Alan, Worcestershire, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 278
  • Noake, John, Noake's Guide to Worcestershire: the complete text, London; Worcester: Longman and Co.; J. Noake, 1868, p. 139
  • Noake, John, The rambler in Worcestershire, or, Stray notes on churches and congregations, Worcester: Published and sold by all booksellers, 1848, p. 264