Ewelme No. 2 / Lauelme / Lauuelme / Lawelme

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08791EWE
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin [earlier All Saints']
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin [earlier dedicated to All Saints]
Church Address: Parson's Ln, Ewelme, Wallingford OX10 6HS, UK
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B4009 [aka The Sands], 2-3 km E of Benson, 5-6 km NE of Wallingford, about 25 kms ESE of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Ewelme -- Hundred of Benson [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
There are three entries for Ewelme [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SU6491/ewelme/] [accessed 28 June 2019] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. A stoup of the Perpendicular period is noted in Parker (1850). Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a 15th-century holy-water stoup in this church.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 633817 5720275
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.61758, -1.0671
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 37′ 3.29″ N, 1° 4′ 1.56″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 237
  • Parker, John Henry, A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture, Oxford: J. H. Parker, 1850, p. 448