Holt nr. Bath

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design element - motifs - chevron

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

design element - motifs - scallop - trumpet scallop

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

design element - patterns - varied

Scene Description: on the sides of the re-carved basin; the pedestal base is a later [17thC?] replacement; the cover is modern

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in the Benefice of Broughton Gifford, Great Chalfield and Holt [http://stkatharinesholt.org.uk/2017/05/29/st-katharines-services-moved/font/] [accessed 26 January 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 September 2010 by Gary Brothwell [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2131462] [accessed 26 January 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph in the Benefice of Broughton Gifford, Great Chalfield and Holt [http://stkatharinesholt.org.uk/2017/05/29/st-katharines-services-moved/font/] [accessed 26 January 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14013HOL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Katharine

Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine]

Church Location: Church St, Holt, Wiltshire BA14 6QA, UK -- Tel.: +44 1225 782717

Country Name: England

Location: Wiltshire, South West

Directions to Site: Located on the B3107, 3 km ENE of Bradford-on-Avon, 5-6 km N of Trowbridge, 12 km ESE of Bath

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury

Historical Region: Hundred of Bradford

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Classed in Buck (1950) as one of a group of "Middle Norman circular Fonts, c. 1100-1150" in Wiltshire: "A small bowl with chevron around the top of the sides, and scallops below on vertical cones; the lower portion of the font is modern, the stem of bulbous shape." The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 7, 1953) notes: "A chapel existed at Holt early in the 12th century [...] The church of Holt is again mentioned in 1288–9. [...]The font dates from the 12th century." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST8606561603] notes; "Anglican parish church. C15 tower, rest rebuilt 1891 [...] C12 cylindrical stone font bowl with scallops and chevrons, reset on vase pedestal."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.353211, -2.201853

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 21′ 11.56″ N, 2° 12′ 6.67″ W

UTM: 30U 555579 5689407

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood and metal,

Apparatus: no

Notes: round and plain wooden platform with metal 'construct' atop

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-01-19 00:00:00. 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; r["References"]