Stratford-sub-Castle
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: with the pulpit and the chancel screen
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: organ and west gallery; the top of the font and its cover are just visible behind the right bank of benches, by the north window
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: notice the the crude re-cutting that made the formerly-square basin octagonal; the pedestal base and the plinth are modern
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17861STR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Stratford Road, Stratford sub Castle, Wiltshire, SP1 3YP
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located on Stratford Rd., between the A360 (W) and the A345 (E), N of the A36 and of Salisbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Underditch
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, athe W end of the nave, N side, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: 12th century (late?) [basin only] [composite font], Transitional [altered]
The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 6, 1962) notes of this church: "The antiquity of the building is unascertainable. It was 'consecrated' in 1326, [...] but since a chapel had existed in Stratford from 1228, [...] it is not clear what the act of consecration implied: a new chapel may have been built on the original site, a new site may have been found for an existing chapel and a building raised upon it, or there may have been a desecration followed by a reconsecration. The architectural evidence is too ambiguous to help to solve the problem. The presence in the building of a late 12th-century font suggests the existence of a church at this period; on the other hand the font may be an importation from elsewhere." The Parish web site [http://stratfordsubcastle.org.uk/StLawrenceThroughTime.htm] [accessed 18 January 2012] notes: "The Purbeck stone Font, now at the rear of the Nave (originally 4 sided but subsequently cut to an octagonal shape), is from the same period" [the late-12th century].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.093104,
-1.815317
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 5′ 35.17″ N,
1° 48′ 55.14″ W
UTM: 30U 582961 5660846
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone (Purbeck marble)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted) [re-cut from square]
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal [re-cut from square]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round, with metal decoration and ring handle
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-01-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
