Childswickham / Childs Wickham

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design element - motifs - diamond or lozenge

design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis

INFORMATION

FontID: 16550CHI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A44, just W of Broadway, SE of Evesham
Historical Region: formerly Gloucestershire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1660s?
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?), Restoration
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