Ham

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Results: 5 records

BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2004

Image Source: photograph taken May 2004 by Duncan & Mandy Ball

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BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2004

Image Source: photograph taken May 2004 by Duncan & Mandy Ball

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the font at the back, in the centre aisle

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2004

Image Source: photograph taken May 2004 by Duncan & Mandy Ball

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view of font and cover

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Image Source: photograph taken May 2004 by Duncan & Mandy Ball

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view of font cover

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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Image Source: photograph taken May 2004 by Duncan & Mandy Ball

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15452HAM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Church Road, Ham, Wiltshire, SN8 3RB
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A338, S of Hungerford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Elstub and Everleigh
Font Location in Church: Inside church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 14th century [re-cut?], Decorated [altered]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mandy & Duncan Ball, of www.oodwooc.co.uk, for their photographs of this church and font.
The Victoria County History (Wiltshire. Vol. 11, 1980) notes: "The bishop of Winchester confirmed the right of St. Swithun's Priory to present rectors to Ham church in 1172. [...] Both nave and chancel appear to be of 13th-century construction [...] The church was restored in 1896–7 and again in 1970." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. The present baptismal font consists of an octagonal basin with mouldings at the upper and lower ends, and a plain chamfered underbowl, raised on a plain octagonal stem, an octagonal-to-square lower base and a square plinth. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, painted with the IHS acronym and the text from Hebr X:23: "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 602519 5691357

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-01-27 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.