Upwey No. 1 / Upway

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view of basin?

the purported basin seen here upside-down [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: the purported basin seen here upside-down [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: upside-down detail of a digital photograph taken 14 January 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 23 January 2012]

view of basin?

the purported basin or base of an old font [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: the purported basin or base of an old font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: Detail of a digital photograph taken 14 January 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 23 January 2012]

view of church interior - nave - pillar - detail

[cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: Detail of a digital photograph taken 14 January 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 23 January 2012]

view of church interior - nave - pillar - detail

[cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 January 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 23 January 2012]

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17871UPW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Laurence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: Church Street, Upwey, Dorset, DT3 5QE
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A354, just SW of Dorchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Additional Comments: disused font? / re-cycled font as pillar base MUST USE
Font Notes:
The base of a pillar in the nave has been tentatively identified locally as a possible basin of an old font recycled here as building material, probably in one of the renovations of the church; the octagonal lower base of the pillar may actually have been the lower base of an earlier font instead, as the carved sides of this object do not appear to hold true when the piece is turned upside down; it is also possible that the block on top of it may have been the stem of the old font. The present font of this church is said to have been a re-cut of the old 13th-century basin [cf. Index entry for Upwey No. 2 for the present font]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this object

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