Manningford Abbots / Manningford Abbas [disappeared?]

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17875MAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church
Church Patron Saint(s): [no dedication / dedication unkown]
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km SW of Pewsey, 13 km S of Marlborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Swanborough
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (a church reckoned here as early as 987 [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 10, 1975) notes: "Although a 'church way' is referred to in 987, the first mention found of a church at Manningford Abbots is in 1291. [...] The church was valued for taxation at £4 13s. 4d. in 1291 [...] Manningford Abbots church, for which no dedication is recorded, was largely rebuilt during the years 1861–4"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. [NB: we have no information on te medieval font here]. The British Listed Buildings database [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-311024-church-manningford] [accessed 24 January 2012] reports an octagonal font in this church; no further details given].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 583517 5687381

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.