Brading No. 3 / Berardinz

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 14609BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Cross
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Site Location: Isle of Wight, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A3055, 11-12 km E of Newport
Historical Region: Hundred of East Medine -- formerly Hampshire
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Brading [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SZ6087/brading/] [accessed 13 February 2020] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "an octagonal font of small dimensions and mixed dates, the shaft and base of the 13th century, the bowl of the 16th century". [NB: not clear whether or not there are two such composite fonts]. Described in Lloyd & Pevsner (2006): "a plain square bowl with scallop decoration on the underside edge, set on a short round stem with rim moulding; presumably, but oddly, of c.1200." [cf. Index entries for Brading Nos. 1 and 2 for two other related objects in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 631409 5615780

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Lloyd, David W., The Isle of Wight, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 92