Calne

Results: 1 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13746CAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: "church of ST. MARY, so called in 1336" [cf. VCH entry in bib.]
Church Address: Kingsbury Street, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0HU
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 E of Chippenham, 20 km W of Marlborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Calne
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoils." The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 17, 2002) notes: "The church standing in 1066 was almost certainly on the site of the present church; no part of its fabric is known to survive. The nave of the present church is narrow, and remains of a round-headed window in its north wall suggest that it was built without aisles in the 12th century"; there is no font mentioned in the VCH entry for this church, although one appears on the interior plan of the church in this volume, located in the nave, close to the north arcade, approximately halfway down the nave. [NB: we have no information of the earlier font(s) of this church]. [Christchurch at Derry Hill and Holy Trinity's at Quemerford are Victorian churches].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 569213 5698704

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 155