Ogbourne St. Andrew
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14077OGB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Church Lane, Ogbourne, Wiltshire, SN8 1SD
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Marlborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Selkley
Font Notes:
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Buck (1951) notes a trio of similar plain octagonal fonts mounted on octagonal stems at Wilsford, Chiseldon and Ogbourne St. Andrew, all three dating from the late Norman or Transitional period. The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 12, 1983) notes: "Maud of Wallingford confirmed her gift of the church of Ogbourne St. Andrew to the abbey of Bec c. 1148. [...] The church had evidently been dedicated to St. Andrew by the late 13th century when the modern name of the parish was first used. [...] The parish registers are complete from 1538." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. [NB: the VCH entry mentions a 13th-century chapel at Rockley, a nearby hamlet, but notes: "No sacrament was administered there and the people of Rockley were required to attend the mother church at Ogbourne St. Andrew [...] By 1583 the building had been demolished"].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 588276 5700413
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Buck, A.G. Randle, "Some Wiltshire fonts. Part II", LIV, CXCIV (June 1951), The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1951, pp. 19-35; p. 32