Boscombe / Allington Boscombe

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14004BOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: "ST. ANDREW'S church, so called in 1763" [cf. VCH entry in bib.]
Church Address: Boscombe, Wiltshire, SP4 0AB, United Kingdom
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A338, 6 km SE of Amesbury, 12 km NNE of Salisbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Amesbury
Font Notes:
Described in Buck (1950) as a font of the early Norman period, "barrel-shaped, with a moulding around the bottom of the sides; now mounted on a very short circular stem and base." The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 15, 1995) notes: "Boscombe church was mentioned in the 12th century. [...] The thick walls of the chancel and of the nave may survive from the 12thcentury church. [...] Registrations of baptisms and marriages survive from 1696"; there is no font mentioned in the VCH entry for this parish.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: barrel-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th-century?
Material: wood, oak

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Buck, A.G. Randle, "Some Wiltshire fonts. Part I", LIII, CXCIII (December 1950), The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1950, pp. 458-470; p. 465