Childswickham / Childs Wickham
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16550CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1660s?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid?), Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A44, just W of Broadway, SE of Evesham
Historical Region: formerly Gloucestershire
Additional Comments: Childs Wickham was part of Gloucs until 1931
Font Notes:
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Noted in Brooks & Pevsner (2007): "Font. Octagonal, in two tiers; the elentary fleurs-de-lys and diamond patterns suggest a date in the early 1660s." [NB: the church is originally Norman but we have no information on the medieval font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal