Ogbourne St. George
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital phtotograph taken 1 December 2004 by Teapotgeorge [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ogbourne.JPG] [accessed 6 February 2012]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14078OGB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. George
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Address: Westfields, Ogbourne, Wiltshire, SN8 1SX
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km N of Marlborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Selkley
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the original font
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 12, 1983): "Her gift of Ogbourne St. George church to the abbey of Bec was confirmed by Maud of Wallingford c. 1148. (fn. 164) The church was appropriated c. 1190 by the abbey, which undertook to provide a chaplain to serve the cure [...] The church had been dedicated to St. George by the later 13th century [...] Alterations were made to the chancel in the 14th century and to the whole church in the 15th century or the early 16th [...] Fittings of that period include the font, the north chapel screen, and a brass to Thomas Goddard (d. 1517)". [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 589152 5700649
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.