Wilsford nr. Pewsey / West Dauntsey

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding - 2

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2011 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2456540] [accessed 25 January 2012]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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Image Source: 1807 watercolour by John Buckler (1770-1851) [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/museums/] [accessed 29 January 2012]

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Image Source: B&W photograph of a 1807 watercolour by John Buckler (1770-1851) [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/museums/] [accessed 29 January 2012]

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17877WIL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas

Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra

Church Location: Wilsford, Wiltshire, SN9 6HD

Country Name: England

Location: Wiltshire, South West

Directions to Site: Located between Marden and Charlton, near Woodborough, 7-8 km WSW of Pewsey, 10 km from Devizes

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury

Historical Region: Hundred of Swanborough

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the tower

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is 1807 watercolour of this font by John Buckler (1770-1851), The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 10, 1975) notes: "A church at Wilsford is mentioned in the earlier 12th century. [...] Of the church at Wilsford mentioned in the early 12th century nothing remains except possibly a doorway reset into the external face of the north wall of the nave." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. The British Listed Buildings database [ww.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-311117-church-of-st-nicholas-wilsford] [accessed 25 January 2012] reports: "Font, under tower arch, deep octagonal drum on short pedestal." The plain octagonal basin has chamfered angles at top and bottom, and appears fairly battered; raised on a short octagonal pedestal base, also plain but for a double moulding at the lower end; plain square lower base. The wooden cover is octagonal, flat and plain, but for a crucifix flat on the top; appears modern. It is difficult to date the font with any precision, or to be certain whether all the parts belong to the same period, probably the 13th or 14th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-01-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.