Rodborough
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Results: 3 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 19th-century font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14065ROD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Address: Church Pl, Rodborough, Stroud GL5 3NF, UK -- Tel.: +44 1453 752659
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A46, 2 km SW of Stroud, N of Nailsworth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Longtree
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1384 church here [even if not licensed for the sacraments until the 1550s))
Font Notes:
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No individual entry found for Rodborough in the Domesday survey. The entry for this parish in gthe Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 11, 1976) informs on the church itself: "Rodborough was originally part of the ecclesiastical parish of Minchinhampton. A church had been built by 1384, […] but it was not apparently consecrated or licensed for sacraments until the 1550s". Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) report a modern font here: "Font. Perp[endicular] style, probably of 1842." [NB: we do not have any information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 553304 5732200
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.738175, -2.228041
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 44′ 17.43″ N, 2° 13′ 40.95″ W
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat octagonal platform with four thick vertical scrolls, and encircled Greek cross finial
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 1: 579