Little Woolston / Parva Wolstone / Ulsiestone / Wlsiestone / Wolstone Coudray / Woolston Parva / Wulsiston

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - intersecting arches

BBL01: design element - motifs - diaper

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 17394WOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located near Great Woolston
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Seckley [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Newport
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the SW end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman? / Transitional?
Font Notes:
There are two entries for [Little] Woolstone [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8739/little-woolstone/] [accessed 8 March 2016], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Sheahan (1862) reports a "sculptured" font in this church but makes no mention of its date. Kelly's Directory of 1883 notes: "at the south-west side of the nave is a stone font, supposed to be 700 years old." The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "There was probably a church on the site [...] in the latter part of the 12th century, but nothing of it now remains except the font [...] The font is of the late 12th century and has a moulded base and a circular bowl carved with interlacing semicircular arches and dog-tooth ornament below."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 655923 5768329

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-05-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Sheahan, James Joseph, History and topography of Buckinghamshire, comprising a general survey of the county, preceded by an epitome of the early history of Great Britain, London; Pontefract: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; William Edward Bonas [...], 1862