Dodbrooke / Dodbrook / Dodebroch

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view of font and cover

Source caption: "The present church building is dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury (Thomas Becket, 40th Archbishop of Canterbury, who was martyred in 1170). There is reason to believe that one of his murderers, William de Tracy, owned land stretching from about a mile up the Totnes road to a little south of where the present church stands. If that is so, then the earlier church which is known to have existed may have been built by de Tracy himself. Certainly the font, which came from the old church, dates from about that time."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The present church building is dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury (Thomas Becket, 40th Archbishop of Canterbury, who was martyred in 1170). There is reason to believe that one of his murderers, William de Tracy, owned land stretching from about a mile up the Totnes road to a little south of where the present church stands. If that is so, then the earlier church which is known to have existed may have been built by de Tracy himself. Certainly the font, which came from the old church, dates from about that time."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dodbrooke Parochial Church Council, 2001
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches - 20

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dodbrooke Parochial Church Council, 2001
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "St Thomas a Becket church, Dodbrooke. Dodbrooke is now an eastern part of Kingsbridge, but this medieval church was the core of a distinct community. There was a spire which fell in 1785."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Thomas a Becket church, Dodbrooke. Dodbrooke is now an eastern part of Kingsbridge, but this medieval church was the core of a distinct community. There was a spire which fell in 1785."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Derek Harper, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2006 by Derek Harper [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/228712] [accessed 12 February 2023]
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view of font and cover

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Church of England, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph in A Church Near You [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/image.php?id=4572] [accessed 21 January 2009]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10345DOD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Thomas a Becket
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the vestry
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas of Canterbury [aka St. Thomas à Becket]
Church Address: Dodbrooke Rectory, Church St, Kingsbridge TQ7 1NW, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1548 856231
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (NE) the A379, half a mile NE of Kingsbridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Chillington [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Dodbrooke [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SX7444/dodbrooke/] [accessed 12 February 2023]; it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Listed in Lysons (1806-1822) as one of a group of square baptismal fonts in the county that are "for the most part supported by four pillars and a large pedestal in the centre". Reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1831 and 1848: "a stone font in the early English style". Not mentioned in Stabb (1908- ). Pevsner (1952) writes: "Norman, flat and square, of table-top type, with five very shallow blank arches on each side of the top." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SX7393844519] notes: "Church of St Thomas a Becket [...] 1170 font." Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble: "bowl with five panels on each face" [source given: Pevsner's South Devon, 1952]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 445080 5570837
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.2871, -3.77093
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 17′ 13.56″ N, 3° 46′ 15.35″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble)
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: square, flat and plain; modern

REFERENCES

  • Leach, Rosemary, A Investigation into the use of Purbeck Marble in Medieval England, Hartlepool: E.W. Harrisons & Sons, 1975, p. 71
  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50922] [accessed 1 February 2007]
  • Lysons, Daniel, Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain, London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806-1822, vol. 6: p. cccxxx
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 121