Chilton Foliat No. 2 / Chilton Folliot / Chilton Fallot

INFORMATION

FontID: 13748CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, RG17 0TQ
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located at the junction of the B4192-B4001, 16 km E of Marlborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Kinwardstone
Font Location in Church: Insidfe the church
Century and Period: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Thomas Meyrick?
Cognate Fonts: another font by Meyrick at Ramsbury, Wilts.
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. Octagonal, with naively carved sacred scenes, no doubt by Thomas Meyrick." This source mentions the font at Ramsbury, also in Wiltshire, as Meyrick's work. [NB: for the medieval font from this church cf. Index entry for Chilton Foliat No. 1]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 601556 5699102

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912