Baptismal Font,Osmington, Dorset

FONT NOTES
Referred to by Hutchins as Norman, a 13th Century font of limestone, with square bowl with four pointed arched panels on each side, chamfered underside, massive central cylindrical stem and four inset shafts at the angles. The rear lower part of the font has suffered damage similar to the font at Sixpenny Handley although careful font lock removal suggests any damage was not deliberate.

Osmington was originally in the hands of the abbey of Milton. This is reflected in the design of the side panels and base which is common to the fonts at Milton Abbas and Whitcombe. According to tradition, the north aisle was built for the reception of the inhabitants of Whitcombe when they had no service at their own church

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	Dedication	Saint Osmund
	Location	Osmington, Dorset, England
	Font location in church	at the east end of the south aisle
	workshop	Unknown
	Date/Century/Period	13th Century
	Medium	Purbeck Stone
	Drainage	central drainage
	Date of On-site Visit	12th January 2006

FONT NOTES Referred to by Hutchins as Norman, a 13th Century font of limestone, with square bowl with four pointed arched panels on each side, chamfered underside, massive central cylindrical stem and four inset shafts at the angles. The rear lower part of the font has suffered damage similar to the font at Sixpenny Handley although careful font lock removal suggests any damage was not deliberate. Osmington was originally in the hands of the abbey of Milton. This is reflected in the design of the side panels and base which is common to the fonts at Milton Abbas and Whitcombe. According to tradition, the north aisle was built for the reception of the inhabitants of Whitcombe when they had no service at their own church
REFERENCE John Hutchins, The history and antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed., edited by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson, Westminster: J.B. Nichols and Sons, 1861-1873. Vol.2, p.505. Arthur Mee, ed., Dorset: Thomas Hardy's country. The King's England. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, pp. 170-171. John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 308. Terence and Eliza Sackett, Francis Frith's Dorset Churches. Salisbury: Frith Book Co., 2000, p. 76.
DESCRIPTION		DIMENSIONS
Font Shape	Square bowl	Total Height (without plinth or cover)	95 cm
Basin Shape (outside)	square	Diameter of basin (including rim)	66 cm
Basin Shape (inside)	circular	Diameter of basin (not including rim)	52cm
Basin lining	lead lined	Width of rim	7 cm
Shape of Base	central stem and four side shafts	Outside Height of Basin	42 cm
Number of pieces	7	Inside depth of Basin	29 cm