Bolventor

INFORMATION

FontID: 15748BOL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: England

Location: Cornwall, South West

Directions to Site: Located in the Bodmin Moor

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Truro

Date: ca. 1848?

Century and Period: 19th century (mid?), Victorian

Font Notes: Click to view

'On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall' (1851) notes the font at St. Mary, Bolventor, as a modern imitation of a medieval font. The church is now [2009] closed [NB: we found no record of an earlier church on this site].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

"On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall: a communication", 83 (April 1851) / New Series no. 47, Ecclesiologist, 1851, pp. 96-102; p. 102