Bristol No. 18 / Henbury

INFORMATION

FontID: 15322BRI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Bristol, South West
Directions to Site: Located about 5 km from the centre of Bristol; now a suburb of it
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bristol
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Noted in Pevsner (1958): "Font. Of black marble, bought in 1806." The National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=379138] [accessed 16 September 2009] notes an "octagonal black marble font 1806" in this church. [NB: the church fabric is late-Norman and there is documentary evidence of this church by 1093, but we have no information on the earlier font(s)]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.506728, -2.631207
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 30′ 24.22″ N, 2° 37′ 52.34″ W
UTM: 30U 525595 5706242