Great Comberton / Cumbrincgtune / Cumbrintune / Cumbrittone / Cvmbrintvne / Magna Cumbrintone / Major Cumberton

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior - west façade

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view of church exterior - west portal

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INFORMATION

FontID: 16595COM

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: Church Lane, Great Comberton, Worcestershire WR10 3DR

Country Name: England

Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 4 km S of Pershore

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester

Historical Region: Hundred of Pershore

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower

Century and Period: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are three entries for [Great and Little] Combertone [varian spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/XX0000/great-and-little-comberton/] [accessed 7 October 2014]; one of them, in the lordship of Gilbert, son of Turold, reports a priest in it. Miller (1890) reports: "The chancel was rebuilt 1861, some of the oak seats are very old, probably of the 13th century. The font is modern." The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The first mention of the church occurs in 1268, when Ankaret Beauchamp held it. [...] Some of the rubble masonry of the nave may perhaps be of early date, but the church appears to have been almost entirely rebuilt in the 14th century, beginning at the east end. [...] The early 15th-century font, under the tower, has an octagonal bowl, each face having a quatrefoil panel and a blank shield, a moulded necking and base." In Brooks & Pevsner (2007).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.076343, -2.067073

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 4′ 34.84″ N, 2° 4′ 1.46″ W

UTM: 30U 563936 5769940

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-05-26 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Brooks, Alan, Worcestershire, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2007