Malmesbury No. 1
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018
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design element - motifs - diamond or lozenge - in a quatrefoil - in a square - 8
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2018 by Colin Smith
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design element - patterns - crenellated
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view of basin
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2018 by Colin Smith
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view of basin - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2018 by Colin Smith
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view of basin - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2000
Image Source: photograph taken in 2000 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2018 by Colin Smith
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view of church interior - looking northwest
Scene Description: showin a partial view of the nave and the north aisle
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 January 2018 by Colin Smith
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15390MAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Abbey Church of St. Peter and St. Paul [later Parish Church of St. Mary, St. Peter St. Paul and St. Aidhelm]]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Mary and St Aidhelm [cf. FontNotes]
Church Location: Gloucester St, Malmesbury SN16 9BA, UK -- Tel.: +44 1666 826666
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 15 km N of Chippenham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bristol
Historical Region: Hundred of Malmesbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Duncan & Mandy Ball, of www.oodwooc.co.uk, and to Colin Smith, for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: "ST. PAUL'S church was so called in 1191. [...] Before the Dissolution the abbey church (fn. 760) was apparently dedicated to St. Mary and St. Aidhelm. (fn. 761) In the early 20th century an additional or alternative dedication was to ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL. (fn. 762) In 1988 all four saints were invoked. " [cf. VCH entry in bib.]
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 14, 1991) notes: "In 1191 Malmesbury abbey was granted the right to appropriate the parish church, St. Paul's church 'in atrio monasterii', to endow lights in the abbey church. [...] Nothing survives of the churches and other buildings of the abbey which stood before the 12th century. [...] Parts of the crossing, transepts, and nave [...] of the 12th-century church survive"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. A disused octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with a lozenge or diamond inscribed in a quatrefoil in a square; the underbowl chamfer is crenellated; the round basin well is lead-lined. [NB: the Abbey goes back to the 7th century, but we have no information on the original font of this church -- cf. Index entry for Malmesbury No. 2 for a later font in the Abbey church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.5847, -2.0984
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 35′ 4.92″ N, 2° 5′ 54.24″ W
UTM: 30U 562466 5715234
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-02-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.