Carhampton
Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009
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Scene Description: the 19th-century font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 July 2008 by Tony Ethridge
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 14713CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A39, betwen Watchet and Minehead, 1-2 km from Dunster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Tony Ethridge, of Somerset Villages, for his photograph of the modern font
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font at Carhampton St. John's consists of a square basin mounted on a central shaft and four angle colonnettes, and a plain quadrangular lower base. The wooden cover is round and flat. The font dates probably from the major re-building of the previous 15th-century building in 1862-1863. [NB: the original church existed already at the end of the 13th century, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.1746, -3.4186
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 10′ 28.56″ N, 3° 25′ 6.96″ W
UTM: 30U 470737 5669325
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]