Chilton Foliat No. 2 / Chilton Folliot / Chilton Fallot

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13748CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Thomas Meyrick?
Cognate Fonts: another font by Meyrick at Ramsbury, Wilts.
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Insidfe the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, RG17 0TQ
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
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 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, p. 166