Poulton nr. Cirencester

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14061POU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church [disappeared]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared?]
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SE of Cirencester
Additional Comments: disappeared font from a disappeared church
Font Notes:
Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) note a "Gilbertine Prioty founded in 1350" and add that "The priory apprpriated the adjoining, slightly earlier, parish church. Of this only the churchyard survives" [NB: we have no information on the original font of that church]. The present parish church of Poulton, St. Micael and All Angels, was built in the 1870s by Butterfield in late 13th-century style, according to the same source, and has "simple font" [not listed in this Index on account of its late date].

REFERENCES

  • Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 1: 565