Bishops Nympton / Bishop's Nympton / Bishopsnympton

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10371BIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mar`y the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A361, 4 km SE of South Molton
Font Notes:
Described in Lysons (1806-1822) as a baptismal font "square, on a square base". Noted in Murray's Handbook for travellers […] as a Norman font. Described in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Norman, square, of table-top type, with four shallow blank arcades to each side of the top."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • 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. cccxxxi
  • Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Devon and Cornwall, London: John Murray, 1865, p. 165 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=V_YGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=%22roborough+stone%22&source=bl&ots=2ZhOkO8ZIn&sig=RriwKcw-zwLPfFdGUaHE7WccPgU&hl=en&ei=QRWkSZHXMYjTnQe2ud2pBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPR5,M1] [accessed 24 February 2009]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952, p. 54