Wells nr. Bristol No. 2 (Somerset)
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view of basin
Scene Description: the font is of 15thC design but likely Victorian
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Image Source: digital photograph 31 March 2022 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior in context
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view of church exterior in context
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view of church interior - nave - ceiling - detail
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view of church interior - nave - ceiling - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph 31 March 2022 by Colin Smith
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the font is of 15thC design but likely Victorian
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 31 March 2022 by Colin Smith
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view of font cover
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Image Source: digital photograph 31 March 2022 by Colin Smith
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view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 31 March 2022 by Colin Smith
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view of font cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 31 March 2022 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 October 2022)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15318WEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Cuthbert
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cuthbert [aka Cubertus]
Church Notes: 13thC church but may have replaced an earlier Saxon church here
Church Address: St Cuthbert St, Wells BA5 2AW, United Kingdom --- Tel.: +44 1749 676906
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on St. Cuthbert St., N side, Wells town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Wells [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958) The National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=483529] [accessed 15 September 2009]: "font, octagonal on shaft, C15 style but may be largely C19". The Parish web site [http://www.stcuthbertswells.co.uk/our_church.html] [accessed 15 September 2009] has a plan that shows a font in the south aisle, by the arcade of the south transept. The church goes back to the 13th century or earlier]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 524428 5673047
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.2083, -2.6503
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 12′ 29.88″ N, 2° 39′ 1.08″ W