Westbury-sub-Mendip / Westberie

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2018 by Roger Cornfoot [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5809417] [accessed 12 February 2019]

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2018 by Roger Cornfoot [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5809422] [accessed 12 February 2019]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15319WES

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]

Church Address: Crow La, Wells BA5 1HB, UK -- Tel.: +44 1749 870293

Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located off the A371, 6 km NW of Wells

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells

Historical Region: Hundred of Wells

Font Notes: Click to view

There is an entry for Westbury [-sub-Mendip] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST5048/westbury-sub-mendip/] [accessed 12 February 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=268167] [accessed 15 September 2009] notes a 13th-century octagonal font in this church. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST4996048704] notes: "Anglican Parish Church. C12, C13, C15; restored 1887 with rebuilt tower. [...] C13 octagonal font."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 519678 5676029

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.2353, -2.71813

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 14′ 7.08″ N, 2° 43′ 5.27″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal