Great Chalfield / Chalfield Magna / East Chalfield / Much Chalfield

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Results: 4 records

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

Scene Description: the lower base may be of a later date

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2010 [Image copyright © Wiltshire County Council Libraries & Heritage, 2008] [accessed 19 January 2012]

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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2010 [Image copyright © Wiltshire County Council Libraries & Heritage, 2008] [accessed 19 January 2012]

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Scene Description: on the right, the church; on the left, the manor house

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anguskirk, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2006 by Anguskirk [www.flickr.com/photos/anguskirk/2777327789/] [accessed 19 January 2012]

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wiltshire County Council Libraries & Heritage, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2010 [Image copyright © Wiltshire County Council Libraries & Heritage, 2008] [accessed 19 January 2012]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17862CHA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Great Chalfield, Wiltshire, SN12 8NJ
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 5 km SW of Melksham, 5 km NE of Bradford-on-Avon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Bradford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 7, 1953) notes: "The advowson of the church of Great Chalfield has always been annexed to the manor. The first recorded institutions took place in 1316, when it was called a chapel. [...] The church of All Saints, Great Chalfield, dates from the early 14th century [...] Of the original building only part of the nave remains." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 555700 5690163

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: round with carvings; appears modern

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-01-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.