Charfield / Cirvelde
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the font originally from either Charfield St James' or Churchend St James' [cf. Font notes]
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
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14103CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James, Charfield [redundant]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Churchend Ln, Charfield, Wotton-under-Edge GL12, Churchend Ln, United Kingdom
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 4 km from Wootton-under-Edge
Historical Region: Hundred of Bagstone [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
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, vol. 2: 215