those at Tidenham and Llancat, an account with illustrations is given in the Archæologia, vol. xxix. p. 19. Leaden Fonts occur at Dorchester, Oxon. Warborough, Oxon. Long Wellington, Berks, Wareham, Dorset. Wolstane, Berks. Ashover, Derbyshire. Childrey, Berks. Great Plumstead, Norfolk. Clewer, Berks. Pitcombe, Somerset. Clinbridge, Gloucester, (with date 1040). Brundall, Norfolk, Siston, Gloucestershire. Brookland, Kent. A writer in the Archæologia, vol. xi. p. 122, mentions in a note that leaden Fonts exist also at Clifton, near Dorchester, Oxfordshire, and Walton on the Hill, Surrey. There seems little doubt that almost all ancient Fonts were lined with lead, except where granite, marble, or some very hard and impervious stone was used for the purpose, and furnished with a plug and drain, which usually carried the water into a small dry tank immediately underneath. Certain it is that the very earliest Fonts are generally fitted with lead, which has every appearance of being as old as the bowl. Many kinds of stone used for Fonts are so spongy and porous in their texture that water will readily penetrate them; and this would soon have destroyed the external sculpture had some method been adopted for making them retentive. Another reason for supposing that the leaden See description of Font at Warborough. 24
