Fonthill Bishop

INFORMATION

FontID: 14116FON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Salisbury Road, Fonthill Bishop, Wiltshire, SP3 5SF
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the B3089, just W of Chilmark, 22 km E of Salisbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Downton
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Transitional / Early English
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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 Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 11, 1980) notes: "A church was mentioned in 1242 [...] There is no feature which can be ascribed with certainty to a period earlier than the 13th century; but the walls of the nave appear to be older [...] The chancel was rebuilt in 1871 [...] and the remainder of the fabric was extensively restored in 1879." Threre is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 563016 5661331

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

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"]