Little Compton / Contone
Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2012
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: with two metal braces around the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2012
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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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2012
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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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2012
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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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2012
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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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2012
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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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2012
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
Font ID: 13555COM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Denis [aka St. Denys']
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Church Address: Pinchester Lane, Little Compton, Warwickshire, GL56 0SA
Site Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the Anglo-Saxon church here?)
Font Notes:
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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.
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
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 594696 5758662
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.970564, -1.621483
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 58′ 14.03″ N, 1° 37′ 17.34″ W
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-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.