Gloucester No. 10 / Glouuecestre / Glowecestre

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18087GLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary de Grace [aka St. Mary in the Market, Graceland's] [demolished in the 1650s]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: [cf. FontNotes]
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: [cf. FontNotes]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Dudstone
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
There are five entries for Gloucester [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO8318/gloucester/] [accessed 12 April 2020] none of which mentions priest or church in it. The Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 4, 1988) notes: "The church or chapel, in the middle of Westgate Street near the Cross, [...] had been built by 1176. It was then known as St. Mary in the market (fn. 344) but by 1201 it was usually distinguished by its position by the entrance to Grace (later St. John's) Lane [...] The building, which was in disrepair by the time of the siege of 1643, [..,] was used by the city corporation as a magazine until 1651 [...] completed the demolition in 1654 and 1655". [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

REFERENCES

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