Tockenham

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

BBL01: design element - motifs - scallop

INFORMATION

FontID: 13825TOC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles [formerly St. John the Evangelist]
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles] [formerly St. John the Evangelist]
Church Location: Tockenham, Wiltshire, SN4 7PN
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 5 km SW of Wootton Bassett
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: the font at Christian Malford? [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: church was dedicated to St. John the Evangelist until 1928 [cf. VCH entry]
Described in 'Church notes...' (1887) in the context of some "notes [that] were taken between 1835 and 1840": "Font resembles Christiam Malford, but is inferior to it." Classed in Buck (1950) as one of a group of "Middle Norman circular Fonts, c. 1100-1150" in Wiltshire: "The rim of the bowl. although still showing damage, has been trimmed down, since now the top of the arcade is missing; also, apparently, has the bottom of what was evidently an unmounted 'tub' bowl in former times, thus necessitating the insertion of a stem in order to raise the bowl to a convenient height." Noted in the Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 9, 1970): "The church of St. Giles (before 1928 dedicated to St. John the Evangelist) [...] is a 13th-century building [...] The church contains a tub-shaped Norman font ornamented with flat arches and scallops." Described in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. Norman, tub-shaped. Below scallops, above flat little arches."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 572867 5707064

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Basin Depth: 22.5 cm*
Basin Total Height: 45 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Buck (1950)]

REFERENCES

"Church notes, chiefly in Berks, Wilts, and Oxford, with a few in Somerset and Gloucestershire", 44, Archaeological Journal, 1887, pp. 43-50; 185-193; 291-303; 397-402; r["References"]
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-09-21 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912