Orcheston St. Mary / Orchestone
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trish Steel, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 March 2007 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/372408] [accessed 22 February 2012]
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wiltshire Community History, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph of 2004 in Wiltshire Community History [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getimage.php?id=5472] [accessed 22 February 2012]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15388ORC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Orcheston, Wiltshire, SP3 4RP
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 11 km WNW of Amesbury, near Orcheston St. George
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Branch and Dole
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 15, 1995) notes: "There was a church at Orcheston St. Mary probably in the 12th century and certainly in the 13th [...] In 1832–3 the chancel, the north wall of the nave, and the aisle walls were rebuilt, the nave was reroofed, and the porch, until then of timber, was rebuilt in stone". The present font is octagonal with decorated panels on the bowl and stem; probably 19th-century. A similar font can be found at nearby Orcheston St. George [NB: the old font may have been replaced at the time of that renovation; we have no information on its whereabouts]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 575445 5673399
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.