Tollard Royal
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trish Steel, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 June 2008 by Trish Steel [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/855418] [accessed 18 December 2008]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14110TOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter ad vincula
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter [cf. ChurchNotes]
Church Location: Tollard Royal, SP5 5PP
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the B3081, 10 km ESE of Shaftesbury (Dorset), 23 km SW of Salisbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Chalke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, beneath the tower
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: "ST. PETER'S church, so called in 1469 (fn. 265) and later invoking St. Peter in Chains" [cf. VCH entry bib ref]
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 13, 1987) notes: "There was a church at Tollard Royal in 1291. [...] The small size of the nave and chancel suggest that they may have been of earlier origin than their earliest surviving features, [...] all of which date from the late 13th century or the early 14th." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. The baptismal font consists of an octagonal basin with vertical sides and underbowl chamfer, raised on an octagonal stem, an octagonal-to-square lower base and a rectangular plinth; all plain. The wooden cover, with metal decoration and ring handle, is octagonal and falt, and appears modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 564541 5645779
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]