Winterbourne Gunner / Cherborough

INFORMATION

FontID: 14118WIN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A338, 7 km NNE of Salisbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, S side
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Drawing of a font in the Harvey Pridham Drawings of English Fonts (MS 56). [Folder Number, Item Description]. University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept., done by Harvey Pridham in February 1889 accompanied by the following description: "All circular. Circular bowl inside, no lead, vertical sides, flat plan, 8 1/4 deep, 2 3/4 margin. Flat poor bracketed cover. Position, South side of nave, West side of South door." Noted in Buck (1951) as a good example of Early English font design.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Basin Depth: 20-21 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Harvey Pridham [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; r["References"]