South Newton

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 2012 by Rrichard Avery [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:South_Newton_Church2.jpg] [accessed 22 February 2012]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 16546NEW

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Church Location: Warminster Road, South Newton, Wiltshire, SP2 0QD

Country Name: England

Location: Wiltshire, South West

Directions to Site: Located on the A36, 3 km N of Wilton, 6 km NW of Salisbury

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury

Historical Region: Hundred of Branch amd Dole

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: [altered font?], Medieval [altered]

Church Notes: "church of ST. ANDREW, so called in 1763" cf. VCH entry in bib.]

Font Notes: Click to view

The 'Building news and architectural review' (vol. 9, 1862: 237) reports: "The old font, which is hexagonal in form, has been repaired and on the sides have been carved sacred monograms and emblems." The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 15, 1995) notes: "From its foundation South Newton church probably belonged to Wilton abbey and may have been served by a rector. Before c. 1191 a prebend of South Newton in the conventual church had been endowed, [...] the south doorway to incorporate reset masonry of the 12th century. Features of the church as it was before 1861 survive inside. [...] Registers of baptisms [...] are complete from 1695." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this church.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 574138 5657363

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hexagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-05-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.