Cirencester No. 2 / Cicester / Cirrenceastre / Corinium Dobunnorum / Cyrneceastre

INFORMATION

FontID: 13863CIR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 20 km NW of Swindon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
A font at this church is listed in Bond (1908) as being of 13th-century design made of pewter and found by a "Professor Church". [NB: we have not been able to locate any further information on this object; it is possible that it referes to a baptismal container of some sort, rather than a font proper]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.717778, -1.967778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 43′ 4″ N, 1° 58′ 4″ W
UTM: 30U 571306 5730154

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, pewter

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908