Littleton in Wychavon / Litelton / Liteltune / Middle Littleton / North Littleton

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design element - motifs - geometric

Scene Description: each inner space has a different motif

Image Source: B&W photograph by Ben Read in the CRSBI (2014) [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/589/] [accessed 5 November 2014]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: photograph in the North & Middle Littleton Parish Council [www.northandmiddlelittleton-pc.gov.uk/church1.aspx] [accessed 5 November 2014]

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design element - motifs - zigzag - 2 - intersecting bands - motifs in the inner spaces

Image Source: photograph in the North & Middle Littleton Parish Council [www.northandmiddlelittleton-pc.gov.uk/church1.aspx] [accessed 5 November 2014]

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symbol - cross - Greek

Scene Description: among the geometric motif the one in the second square from the left looks like a Greek cross

Image Source: B&W photograph by Ben Read in the CRSBI (2014) [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/589/] [accessed 5 November 2014]

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view of basin - west side

Scene Description: notice the repair insert at the upper rim

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view of church exterior - north view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2014 by Graham Hogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3916539] [accessed 5 November 2014]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2005 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/41348] [accessed 5 November 2014]

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view of font - west side

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view of font and cover in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19488LIT

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas

Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra

Church Location: School Lane, North and Middle Littleton, Worcestershire WR11 8LN

Country Name: England

Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located in the Wychavon district, between the River Avon to the W, and Buckle Street (the Roman Ryknild St) to the E

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester

Historical Region: Hundred of Fishborough [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Blackenhurst

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Cognate Fonts: Aston Somerville and Suckley? [cf. FontNotes]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are two entries for [North, Middle, and South] Littleton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/XX0000/north-middle-and-south-littleton/] [accessed 5 November 2014], one of which reports a church in it. Miller (1890) writes: "The church at Middle Littleton is dedicated to St. Nicholas. [...] The church has been restored and considerably rebuilt. The north doorway is of the 13th century. [...] The font is Norman and is richly ornamented." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP0805746990] (1959) reports a "Norman round font" here. In Pevsner (1968) as a Norman font somewhat like the one at Suckley [cf. infra]. Described and illustrated in the CRSBI (2014): "the font bears Romanesque sculpture [...] Circular bowl with slightly tapering sides on a cylindrical stem and square base and plinth, of later date. Lead-lined. Around the bowl is a band of lozenges containing various geometric patterns within two rows of opposing zigzag, executed with incised lines showing clean, vertical cuts. Below is a shallow cable moulding. There are two repairs at the rim. [...] The only other font in Worcester to bear such deeply incised decoration is at Aston Somerville, 10 km to the S, although the motifs are different. Pevsner compares the present font with that at Suckley, but the lozenges on the latter are crudely chip-carved and asymmetrical, lacking the precision of the work at Middle Littleton."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.12036, -1.884573

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 7′ 13.3″ N, 1° 53′ 4.46″ W

UTM: 30U 576368 5775012

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: lead-lined

Rim Thickness: 8 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 57 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm*

Basin Total Height: 56 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * CRSBI (2014)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: round and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern

REFERENCES

Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2014-11-05 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.

Miller, George [Revd.], The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester, Birmingham: Hall & English, 1890

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Worcestershire, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968