replacement - Longhope Gloucestershire
1858 stone font placed during the restoration by Gloucester firm Medland & Maberly, (Longhope followed the direction of the Long Parliament in 1645 to destroy the font. At the 1660 Restoration they were called upon to replace it, and a parishioner donated a large domestic mortar. This vessel remained in use until this font was installed and the mortar became a feeding bowl for pigs, with a specially broken side to allow the piglets access. Some years later the farmer returned the mortar to the church where it was placed on the base of an ancient cross near the main gates, together with some stones from the old spire. Sadly this was stolen in the early 1980's.
- Church of All Saints, Longhope Gloucestershire
replacement - Longhope Gloucestershire
1858 stone font placed during the restoration by Gloucester firm Medland & Maberly, (Longhope followed the direction of the Long Parliament in 1645 to destroy the font. At the 1660 Restoration they were called upon to replace it, and a parishioner donated a large domestic mortar. This vessel remained in use until this font was installed and the mortar became a feeding bowl for pigs, with a specially broken side to allow the piglets access. Some years later the farmer returned the mortar to the church where it was placed on the base of an ancient cross near the main gates, together with some stones from the old spire. Sadly this was stolen in the early 1980's.
- Church of All Saints, Longhope Gloucestershire