Rodbourne Bottom nr. Malmesbury
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wiltshire County Council Libraries & Heritage, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 2005, Michael Marshman [http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/gallery/church/malmesburyStP_picF0010.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 14127ROD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Rood
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Church Location: The Street, Rodbourne, Wiltshire, SN160EX
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A429, just E of Corston, 6 km S of Malmesbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bristol
Historical Region: Hundred of Malmesbury
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Wiltshire County Council Libraries & Heritage for their permission to reproduce the photograph of this church
Church Notes: "church of the HOLY ROOD, so called in 1763" [cf. VCH entry in bib.]
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 14, 2012) notes: "Rodbourne church was built or replaced in the 12th century [...] The narrow nave is 12thcentury and has two windows and two doorways of that date. [...] The tower and the baptistry which joins it to the porch were added in 1862"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this church. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 562911 5710559
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-02-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.