Plymouth No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10554PLY

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew

Font Location in Church: [destroyed]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew

Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: The Church used to be on the S side of Bedford St., but was reconstructed after WWII on the S side of Royal Parade

Additional Comments: destroyed font: destroyed in the Great Rebellion (mid-17th century

Font Notes: Click to view

Stabb (1908) refers to a brass plate that is attached to the font now in St Catherine's, but earlier in St Andrew's; the plate states that "the ancient Font destroyed by the Great Rebellion" [i.e., Civil Wars ca. 1646-1652]. [cf. Index entry for Plymouth No. 2 for the replacement font]

REFERENCES

Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 183