Lydford No. 2 / Hildaforda / Hlydanforda / Lideford / Lideforde / Lidefort / Lidford / Lyghatford / Tideford

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10369LYD
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Petrock
Font Location in Church: In the porch, E side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Petroc [aka Pedrog, Perreux, Petrock]
Church Address: Lydford, Okehampton EX20 4BH, UK
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A386, N of the river Lyd, 11-12 km N of Tavistock, on the W fringe of Dartmoor
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Lifton
Font Notes:
There are two entries for this Lydford [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SX5084/lydford/] [accessed 22 December 2018] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Described in Kelly's 'Directory of Devon' of 1893: "the porch [...] retains a stoup on the east side". [source: www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexplyd.html for Mike Brown's transcription]. Noted also in Stabb (1908) as "a good holy water stoup" of Early English date. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1952).

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 421517 5610734
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.64318, -4.11
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 38′ 35.45″ N, 4° 6′ 36″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 153