Godalming No. 2 / Godeliming / Godelminge / Godhalminges / Godlyman
Results: 4 records
view of font
view of church interior - south aisle - looking east
Scene Description: with the 15th-16thC font to the left of the altar
design element - motifs - moulding
design element - architectural - arch or window - pointed - 8
Scene Description: incised on the sides of the stem
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19852GOD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Church Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1EL
Site Location: Surrey, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8-10 km S of Guildford down the A286
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Guildford
Historical Region: Hundred of Godalming [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disused font (located in an awkward-to-access corner at the east end of the south aisle; appears disused now)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Godalming [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU9643/godalming/] [accessed 26 April 2015]; it reports two churches and three hides of church land in it. Brayley (1850), in his description of the church at Godalming, writes: "In a large pew in the Westbrook chapel, is a very ancient font, for immersion, of an octagonal form and made of chalk." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SU9681144001] notes: "C15 or early C16 chalk font, in south chapel, with pyramidal base, octagonal stand with pointed arch to each face, roll moulding and octagonal bowl". [cf. Index entry for Godalming No. 1 for a pair of fragments of a possible font of earlier date in this church].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 666581 5673225
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.186141, -0.616329
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 11′ 10.11″ N, 0° 36′ 58.78″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (chalk)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
REFERENCES
- Brayley, Edward Wedlake, A topographical history of Surrey, London: G. Willis, 1850, vol. 5: 206