Oldland

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14186OLD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Anne, Oldland
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anne [earlier dedicated to the Holy Trinity?]
Church Address: St. Annes Vicarage/Grangeville Cl, Bristol BS30 9YJ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7720 772190
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A4175, 6 km SE of Bristol, in Oldland Bottom
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Octagonal carved font., perhaps of 1842." [NB: this same source notes: " In origin a medieval chapel-of-ease to Bitton […] Rebuilt by Foester & Okely, 1829-30". The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST6687071169] notes: "The mediaeval chapel with its saddle back tower was demolished in 1827, and the present building designed by the Fosters of Bristol. Built 1829-30 [...] Fittings, later Victorian and Modern." [NB: we have no information on the original font of the medieval church]

REFERENCES

  • Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 2: 623