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view of church exterior - west view
INFORMATION
FontID: 16971BRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Werburgh [now a climbing centre]
Church Patron Saints: St. Werburga [aka Werbyrgh, Werburgh]
Country Name: England
Location: Bristol, South West
Directions to Site: Located now in NE Bristol [Coordinates for the area: 51° 28′ 12″ N, 2° 34′ 33.6″ W 51.47, -2.576] [Coordinates for the church: 51:28.2985N 2:34.6369W]. The church was originally in Clare Street, in the city centre
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church Notes: "St Werburgh's Church, Bristol is a former church and climbing centre in St Werburghs, Bristol, England. St. Werburghs is situated in the St Werburgh's area in central north-east Bristol, England, which became known as St.Werburghs when St Werburghs Church was relocated (and substantially rebuilt) to Mina Road in this district from Corn Street, Bristol in 1879. It is now a Climbing Centre". [source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Werburgh%27s_Church,_Bristol] [accessed 16 October 2010]
Font Notes:
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Disappeared font? Reported in Fryer (1914) [reference only -- text N/A]. The church was dismantled and moved, from the city centre, in Clare Street, to the Mina Rd, in the northeast. The font was 15th-century.
REFERENCES
Fryer, Alfred C., "The lost font of St. Werburgh's Church, Bristol", 7 (1914), Proceedings, Clifton Antiquarian Club, 1914, pp. 77-79; p. 77-79