Preston nr. Cirencester

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008

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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]

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

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]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 July 2014 for BSI

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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 - west tower

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008

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

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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]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14062PRE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Preston, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5PR
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 2 km SE of Cirencester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
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.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.705508, -1.936814
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 42′ 19.83″ N, 1° 56′ 12.53″ W
UTM: 30U 573465 5728820

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