Thurstaston / Torstestiune / Turstanetone
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Results: 3 records
view of church exterior
Scene Description: the restored tower from the old church on the left; the modern church on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Galatas, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 February 2011 by Galatas [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2258916] [accessed 11 December 2012]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: the old church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © British Museum, 2013
Image Source: print in the British Museum Library, reproduced in Turner [www.thurstaston.org.uk/the-church-buildings/] [accessed 11 December 2012]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduction permitted
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font in the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Church of England, [s.d.]
Image Source: digital photograph in the Church of England site [www.thurstaston.org.uk/photos/l1296292614.jpg] [accessed 11 December 2012]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18256THU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Church Location: Church Lane, Thurstaston, Merseyside, CH61 0HW
Country Name: England
Location: Merseyside, North West
Directions to Site: Located on the A540, 11 km S of Birkenhead, 25 km W of Chester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chester
Historical Region: Hundred of Wirral
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Church Notes: "The earliest mention of a church on the site is around 1125 although other evidence suggests that a church was present in Anglo-Saxon times. In 1724 the Norman church was described as being a "mean building extremely small, low and dark". The church was taken down in 1820, and a new church was completed in 1824. This church was in turn dismantled, although its tower still stands" [source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomew%27s_Church,_Thurstaston] [accessed 11 Dec 2012]
Ellis (1902) notes: "The font that was in use before the rebuilding of Thurstaston church is now preserved (?) in the tower of the old church, among grave-slabs and building material. It is very rude in construction, of fine sandstone, but has been painted. The bowl is an irregular-sided octagon, lead-lined but without any drain, and without the slightest trace of ornament. It is supported on a plain cylindrical shaft, which in turns rests on an octagonal base. [...] It is impossible to determine the age of this ugly specimen, and the narrowness of the bowl in relation to its height is probably an indication of its being post-Reformation in date." A history of this church compiled by Richard Turner [http://web.archive.org/web/20101011115729/http://www.btinternet.com/~martin.amlot/history_of_the_churches.htm] [accessed 11 December 2012] notes: "The earliest mention of a Church occurs about 1125 [...] However, other evidence suggests that it may have existed in Saxon times [...] The whole of the upper portion of the font is constructed of a solid piece of Mexican onyx, the pillars of Blue John stone and the base of three different kinds of marble. [NB: we have no information on the font from the original church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.3485,
-3.1321
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 20′ 54.6″ N,
3° 7′ 55.56″ W
UTM: 30U 491206 5911048
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Rim Thickness: 6.25 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 42.5 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 55 cm*
Basin Depth: 22.5 cm*
Basin Total Height: 40 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm* ["about"]
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Ellis (1902: 79)]
REFERENCES
Ellis, John W., "The Mediaeval Fonts of the Hundreds of West Derby and Wirral", LVIII (New series: XVII), Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1902, pp. 59-80; r["References"]
