Sandown / Sandown in Yaverland

INFORMATION

FontID: 17198SAN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Isle of Wight, South East
Directions to Site: Located in the civil parish of Yaverland, on Yaverland Rd., Sandown
Historical Region: formerly Hampshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
The British Listed Building database [http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-310208-church-of-st-john-the-baptist-sandown] reports: "Church. c1150 nave and chancel built as a private chapel by the de Aula family of Yaverland Manor [...] C12 or C13 octagonal stone font." [NB: White (1878) does not mention St. John's Church in Sandown, but only Christ Church, built in 1846-1847, with a font "by an anonymous donor in 1875"].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

White, William, History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Hampshire including the Isle of Wight, and [...], Sheffield: William White, 1878