Boddington / Botendon / Botingtune / Botintone / Bottelendon / Budinton / Botyngdon / Botyndoun
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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8
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design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: a large one on each of the panels of the underbowl
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symbol - cross - fleurdelysée
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the font and cover are visible on the bottom right-hand corner
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14095BOD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: Boddington Lane, Boddington, Gloucestershire, GL51 0TJ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 6-7 NW of Cheltenham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Tewkesbury, lower division
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Boddington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO8925/boddington/] [accessed 4 February 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 8, 1968) notes: "The church was built in the 12th century […] The octagonal font is of the 15th century." Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular]-style, though perhaps C16-C17; see the odd foliage decoration on the bowl." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO8944225194] notes: "Parish church. C12, C13, C14, possibly early C17, C18, restored late C19, mid C20 vestry. [...] Octagonal stone font, blind arcading to stem, leaf cross to sides bowl (probably late C15, early C16)." [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.924316, -2.155549
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 55′ 27.54″ N, 2° 9′ 19.97″ W
UTM: 30U 558069 5752957
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-. Accessed: 2008-12-11 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002