East Ogwell

INFORMATION

FontID: 10548OGW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A381, 2-3 km SW of Newton Abbot
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
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
Hoskins, William George, Devon, London: Collins, 1954
Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916