Stanton Fitzwarren No. 2 / Stantone

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13998STA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard
Church Address: Stanton Fitzwarren, Swindon SN6 7SB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1793 826505
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B4019, 5-6 km NNE of Swindon town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bristol
Historical Region: formerly Somerset / Hundred of Highworth [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disused stoup / re-cycled stoup [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Noted in Ponting (1899): "The ancient Norman stoup built into the wall by the new south door of the nave was found in the foundations of a cottage at Hannington, and given to the Rector by A. Hussey-Freke, Esq." [NB: Ponting suggests that, unlike the font, which is of a later date, the stoup was part of the original church that was built during "the period bordering on the Norman Conquest" [i.e., 1066], of which only a few traces remain (a window on the north side of the eastern half, perhaps, according to Ponting (ibid))]. [NB: we have not been able to locate the present whereabouts of this early stoup].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 586647 5718940
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): -1.748542
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 36′ 53.35″ N, 1° 44′ 54.75″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Ponting, C.E., "Notes on churches visited in 1898", XXX, XCI, The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1899, pp. 169-197; p. 186