Swinbrook
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2009
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 14415SWI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A40, near Burford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Sherwood & Pevsner (1974): "Font. Octagonal, C14." The font consists of an octagonal basin with a chemfered upper rim, and a tall chamfered underbowl, all plain, as are the stem and lower base, both octagonal as well. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with a metal ring handle.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Oxfordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1974