Charfield
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view of church exterior - west tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the font originally from either Charfield St James' or Churchend St James' [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 14103CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 4 km from Wootton-under-Edge
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) as the old font from St. James' church, the old church of Charfield, later moved to the new 19th-century church of St. John: "Font. C15, from St James. Octagonal; the bowl with quatrefoils with alternating roses and shields, the tall chamfer and short stem with trefoil-headed panels." [NB: this information appears to be contradictory with the claim that the font at St. John's is originally from Churchend St. James' [cf. BSI entry for Churchend] -- the font discussed is, however, the same object]. [NB: old St. James', Charfield, is believed to have been built on an earlier Norman church, but we have no information on the font of that church]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002