Burcombe

INFORMATION

FontID: 14111BUR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A30, 3 km SW of Wilton, 7 km W of Salisbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Transitional / Early English
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Noted in Buck (1951) as a group of circular fonts with moulded edges dating from the late 12th or early 13th century in the county of Wiltshire, at Barford St. Martin, Bower Chalke, Burcombe, Chilmark, Codford St. Mary [...], Monkton Deverill, Donhead St. Andrew, Teffont Magna. An inventory of fixtures and fittings report of 21 April 2008 by Michael Drury Architects, Salisbury [http://documents.salisbury.gov.uk/public-planning-application-documents/00238000/00237879_Representation_Letters.pdf] [accessed 18 December 2008] includes: "The font is of stone, the bowl of a simple egg-cup shape set on a drum, perhaps twelfth century, but much tidied up."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Buck, A.G. Randle, "Some Wiltshire fonts. Part II", LIV, CXCIV (June 1951), The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1951, pp. 19-35; r["References"]