Wick nr. Pershore / Wicha / Wiche

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view of church exterior - south view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Halling, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2011 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2799098] [accessed 15 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16616WIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century [re-cut], Norman [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary? [St. Bartholomew? St Laurence?]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): [cf. Font Notes]
Church Address: Main Street, Wick, Worcestershire WR10 3PD
Site Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B4084, 3 km ESE of Pershore
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester
Historical Region: Hundred of Pershore
Additional Comments: altered font (re-cut in the 19thC)
Font Notes:
There are two entries for this Wick [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO9645/wick/] [accessed 15 October 2014], neither of which mention cleric or church in it. Miller (1890) writes: "The church, a chapelry of St. Andrew's, Pershore, is dedicated to St. Laurence. There are ancient features in this church", but does not mention a font in it. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) has the church at Wick as dedicated to St. Bartholomew, with a footnote that indicates it was thought to have been dedicated to St. Laurence: "The font appears to be an ancient one, rechiselled and has a modern inscription cut round the top. It consists of a plain circular tub-shaped bowl on a moulded base." Brooks & Pevsner (2007) write: "Norman font, much renewed; nice cover by J.N. Comper, 1949."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 564581 5773239
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.105927, -2.057043
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 6′ 21.34″ N, 2° 3′ 25.36″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: on the upper rim of the basin
Inscription Notes: modern inscription
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1949
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Brooks, Alan, Worcestershire, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 660
  • Miller, George [Revd.], The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester, Birmingham: Hall & English, 1890, vol. 2: 228