Little Bedwyn / Bedwyn Parva

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: photograph by Duncan & Mandy Ball, May 2004

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view of church interior - nave - looking northeast

Scene Description: note the Norman arches on the left/north side

Image Source: photograph by Duncan & Mandy Ball, May 2004

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: photograph by Duncan & Mandy Ball, May 2004

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 15251BED

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: Church Street, Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, SN8 3JQ

Country Name: England

Location: Wiltshire, South West

Directions to Site: Located ESE of Marlborough

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury

Historical Region: Hundred of Kinwardstone

Century and Period: 12th century, Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Duncan & Mandy Ball, of www.oodwooc.co.uk, for their photographs of church and modern font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The present font in thi church is octagonal with moulded sides throughout; probably a 19th-century replacement of earlier font(s), since the fabric of the church shows Norman-period features such as the arches of the internal north arcade. The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 16, 1999) informs: "Little Bedwyn church had been built by 1158, [...] In the Middle Ages each church was dependent on Great Bedwyn church as a chapel [...] From the early 15th century or earlier the chaplain of Little Bedwyn was authorized to administer all sacraments and sacramentals in Little Bedwyn church, which had a graveyard, [...] and in 1554, when the bishop collated a perpetual vicar, the church was expressly said to be a parish church." [NB: the VCH entry notes that the north arcade was built ca. 1200, but does not mention a font; we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.394096, -1.583137

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 23′ 38.75″ N, 1° 34′ 59.29″ W

UTM: 30U 598574 5694604

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: round and flat, with metal decoration and handle; modern

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-09-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.