Little Compton / Contone

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design element - motifs - moulding

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: with two metal braces around the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2012 by Aidan McRae Thomson [http://warwickshirechurches.weebly.com/little-compton---st-denys.html] [accessed 6 January 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13555COM

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Denis [aka St. Denys']

Church Patron Saints: St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]

Church Location: Pinchester Lane, Little Compton, Warwickshire, GL56 0SA

Country Name: England

Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A44, 6 km WNW of Chipping Norton

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford

Historical Region: Hundred of Deerhurst [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Kington -- formerly Gloucestershire, until 1845

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

Century and Period: 13th century, Early English

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Aidan McRae Thomson, of Warwickshire Churches [http://warwickshirechurches.weebly.com], for his photographs of this church and font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are two entries for [Little] Compton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP2630/little-compton/] [accessed 6 January 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 5, 1949) notes: "The manor and church of LITTLE COMPTON apparently formed part of the endowment of the Saxon Priory of Deerhurst; with it they were given by Edward the Confessor to the abbey of St. Denis of Paris. [NB: therefore, before 1066] [...] The old nave showed traces of Norman work, with many later alterations; the chancel arch was 'of horse-shoe shape with Norman semi-columns of poor design'; the chancel was apparently of the 14th century [...] The tower dates from the 14th century. The remainder of the church was rebuilt in 1863–4 [...] The round font, probably 13th century, is a peculiarly dumpy one, 29 in. high and 34 in. diameter. The 20-in. bowl has a moulded lower edge and is set on a 3-in. stem and 6-in. moulded base." on an octagonal lower base or plinth.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.970564, -1.621483

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 58′ 14.03″ N, 1° 37′ 17.34″ W

UTM: 30U 594696 5758662

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm*

Basin Total Height: 50 cm*

Height of Base: 22.5 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 72.5 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * in ft/in, in the VCH

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: round, plain and flat wooden platform, with metal decoration that includes low scroll ribs; appears modern

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-06-21 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.