West Harnham

INFORMATION

FontID: 14255HAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located just S of Salisbury [now a suburb of the latter]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Noted in the Handbook for travellers… (1869) as "an early font". 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 September 1887 accompanied by the following description: "Circular bowl, bell, and large roll, old work: circular stem, modern: & 2 stepped plinths, both square, modern. Circular bowl, raked sides, flat plan, with zinc lining ornamentally turned over, 10 1/2 deep, 3 3/4 margin; Flat modern cover. Position, S. side Nave walk, a little West of S. door."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead-lining [zinc?]
Basin Depth: 27.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Harvey Pridham [cf. FontNotes]]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire, London: John Murray, 1869