East Ogwell

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10548OGW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A381, 2-3 km SW of Newton Abbot
Font Notes:
The National Gazetteer of 1868 reports an ancient font in this church. Noted in Stabb (1908) simply as "an early font". Not mentioned in Pevsner (1952). Hoskins (1954) reports a fine octagonal 14th-century font in this church

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868, [transcribed by Colin Hinson http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/EastOgwell/Gaz1868.html [accessed 27 January 2009]
  • Hoskins, William George, Devon, London: Collins, 1954, [cited in http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/110503/1.html [accessed 27 January 2009]
  • Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 173