Axford
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17883AXF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Chapel of St. Michael
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Marlborough Road, Axford, Wiltshire, SN8 2EX
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km E of Marlborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Ramsbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the medieval font?)
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 12, 1983) notes: "A church at Axford, presumably a chapel of ease, was recorded in 1288 as having been used for baptism in 1267. [...] There is no later reference to it. [...] A chapel of ease dedicated to St. Michael and served from Ramsbury was built at Axford in 1856." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. The Church of England site [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/axford-st-michael/] [accessed 27 January 2012] reports "a stone Font with oak cover locally made" inside the modern chapel of St. Michael.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 593225 5698386
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.