Poole Keynes

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B01: symbol - cross - fleuronnée

Scene Description: the 19th-century (?) font in the Church Farm, in December 2008 [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken December 2008 by John Hiscock [www.churchfarmholidays.co.uk]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permision received (e-mail of 24 December 2008)

view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - looking southeast

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font

Scene Description: the ca. 1700 (?) font

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font

Scene Description: the 19th-century (?) font in the Church Farm, in December 2008 [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken December 2008 by John Hiscock [www.churchfarmholidays.co.uk]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permision received (e-mail of 24 December 2008)

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the 19th-century (?) font and cover in the Church Farm, in December 2008 [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken December 2008 by John Hiscock [www.churchfarmholidays.co.uk]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permision received (e-mail of 24 December 2008)

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the 19th-century (?) font and cover in the Church Farm, in December 2008 [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken December 2008 by John Hiscock [www.churchfarmholidays.co.uk]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permision received (e-mail of 24 December 2008)

view of font cover

Scene Description: the 19th-century (?) cover in the Church Farm, in December 2008 [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken December 2008 by John Hiscock [www.churchfarmholidays.co.uk]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permision received (e-mail of 24 December 2008)

view of font in context

Scene Description: the 19th-century (?) font in the Church Farm, in December 2008 [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken December 2008 by John Hiscock [www.churchfarmholidays.co.uk]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permision received (e-mail of 24 December 2008)

INFORMATION

FontID: 14059POO

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels

Country Name: England

Location: Gloucestershire, South West

Directions to Site: Located near Cirencester; the Church Farm, a holiday establishment, is located just W of the church

Historical Region: formerly Wiltshire

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 13th century / 19th century, Early English? / Victorian?

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Hiscock, of Church Farm Holidays, for his photographs of the font and cover in the farm. We are also gratefult to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of the church and new font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The present font is noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Thin, of octagonal chalice shape; possibly c. 1700" [perhaps from the date of the re-building of the church, ca. 1770-1775]. This same source, however, describes the Church Farm just west of the church and, among the objects therein, "In the garden, the bowl of a plain octagonal font, and the base of a pier, probably C13, with four attached shafts." BSI has now [December 2008] received both confirmation and photographic evidence of the font in the Church Farm: the baptismal font is still there; it consists of a large octagonal basin with both ends chamfered; one of the vertical sides of the basin has a foliated cross inscribed in a quatrefoiled panel, but the other sides appear plain; the base is a cluster of four thick engaged shafts with moulded capitals and bases; the font appears to have some lichens on its surface but is otherwise in good shape. It does not look 13th-century Early English but, rather, a Victorian version of the old design. There is an octagonal pyramidal font cover that fits the font.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th-century?

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002