Latton nr. Cirencester / Latone / Lechetone

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design element - patterns - fluted

Scene Description: probably the original carving on the column

Image Source: detail of a photograph taken 24 November 2001 by Duncan & Mandy Ball

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of basin

Scene Description: the re-used fragment of a Roman column

Image Source: photograph taken 24 November 2001 by Duncan & Mandy Ball

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 March 2008 by Brian Robert Marshall [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/714213] [accessed 7 June 2018]

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: another fragment of an ancient column inside the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2011, in the Wiltshire Commmunity History [https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=1277] [accessed 7 June 2018]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the modern font beneath the tower arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2011, in the Wiltshire Commmunity History [https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=1277] [accessed 7 June 2018]

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view of font

Scene Description: the fragment of a former Roman column used for a period as a baptismal font; it is now used as a planter

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2011, in the Wiltshire Commmunity History [https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=1277] [accessed 7 June 2018]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: photograph taken 24 November 2001 by Duncan & Mandy Ball

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 15451LAT

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: Croft Lane, Latton SN6 6DS, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Wiltshire, South West

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A419, 3 km NW of Cricklade, 10 km SE of Cirencester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bristol

Historical Region: Hundred of Crcklade

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave

Century and Period: 4th - 5th century [re-used], Anglo-Roman [altered?]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Duncan & Mandy Ball, of www.oodwooc.co.uk, for their photograph of this font

Church Notes: church 12thC; modified 13thC; restored 19thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are two entries for this Latton [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU0995/latton/] [accessed 7 June 2018], neither of which mentions priest or church in it. The Victoria County History 'VCH WILTSHIRE Texts in Progress (LATTON) – 05/07 - © University of London' notes: "Fragments of Roman columns that are housed in the church are of unknown provenance". Apparently one such fragment was hollowed out at some point in the past and used as a baptismal font. The object is roughly cylindrical, with fluted sides, the upper end of the basin being rather uneven. At present [November 2001] it rests directly on the floor at the back of the nave and is used as a planter [NB: the church goes back to the Norman period, as attested by the south doorway, but we have no information on when the Roman pragment was used as font]. The entry for this church in the Wiltshire Commmunity History [https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=1277] [accessed 7 June 2018] mentions that the present font is 19th-century, but notes and illustrates two separate objects; one is labelled: "Hollowed Coral Rag Stone of Roman Origin used for Baptisms before the 19th century"; the other is labelled: "Roman Fluted Column in Latton Church". The font in use at present is modern, 19th-century, with a plain square table-top basin with chamfered underbowl, raised on a poligonal stem, lower base and plinth. The wooden cover is square, flat and plain. The modern font is located at the west end of the nave, in the centre, under the tower arch.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.66113, -1.8669

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 39′ 40.07″ N, 1° 52′ 0.84″ W

UTM: 30U 578373 5723957

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: cylindrical

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round