Bridgwater / Brugie

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design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - 8

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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cheryl Morgan, 2009

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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cheryl Morgan, 2009

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view of church exterior in context - southeast side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15329BRI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: St Mary Street, Bridgwater TA6 3EQ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Bridgwater is located off the M5, between Bristol and Taunton -- St. Mary's church is located on St. Mary St.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of North Petherton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1460?
Century and Period: 15th century (mid?), Perpendicular
There is an entry for Bridgwater [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST2937/bridgwater/] [accessed 9 April 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Font here not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 6, 1962) notes: "Between 1088 and c. 1107 Walter of Douai gave the church of Bridgwater with all tithes to the monastery of Bath;" the VCH entry mentions no font in this church, but it mentions a modern font in the later Church of St. John the Baptist in Bridgwater. The font in this church is noted and illustrated by Cheryl Morgan in IgoUgo [http://www.igougo.com/attractions-reviews-b99901-Bridgwater-St._Marys_Church.html] [accessed 16 September 2009]: "The font dates from 1460". The font consists of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with floral motifs inscribed in large quatrefoils, the underbowl chamfer with a large rosette on each side, moulding below; the short stem is octagonal and plain, and splays on to a moulded lower base and a small octagonal plinth; the whole is raised on a modern second plinth made of reddish marble. The wooden cover is octagonal, a low pyramid, with a tiny cross finial; appears modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.1279, -3.0048
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 7′ 40.44″ N, 3° 0′ 17.28″ W
UTM: 30U 499664 5664048