Preston nr. Cirencester
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Standing permission
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: greyscale version of a digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pam Brophy, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2005 by Pam Brophy [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/22362] [accessed 18 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 July 2014 for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: greyscale version of a digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14062PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Preston, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5PR
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 2 km SE of Cirencester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Norman. Cylindrical bowl with a heavy projecting rim, a similar plain band beneath, and a collar or shelf at the bottom between bowl and circular shaft." The wooden cover is low octagonal pyramid with decorated sides and acorn finial.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 573465 5728820
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.705508, -1.936814
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 42′ 19.83″ N, 1° 56′ 12.53″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 1: 566