Alderton / Aldrintone / Meldritone

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14114ALD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Transitional / Early English [altered]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Giles, Alderton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Church Address: Alderton, Chippenham SN14 6NL, United Kingdom
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B4040, 12 km ENE of Chipping Sodbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Dunley [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: altered font (re-tooled)
Font Notes:
Noted in Buck (1951) as a group of octagonal baptismal fonts with simple plain mouldings and dating from the late 12th or early 13th century in the county of Wiltshire, at Alderton, Blunsdon St. Andrew, Broad Hinton, Collingbourne Kingston, Corston, Fonthill Bishop, Idmiston, Lydiard Tregoze, Marden and Melksham. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST8418483054] notes: "Anglican parish church, 1844-5 by James Thomson reusing a few elements from previous C12 to C15 church [...] Octagonal font is apparently original but retooled with added inscription band and wood cover."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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; p. 32