South Tawton
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Scene Description: The old font as found by Stabb ca. 1908
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
Image Source: Roger Peters [www.wissensdrang.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10581TAW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: In the churchyard, near the SW corner of the church building
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A30, 5 km E of Okehampton
Additional Comments: recycled font: replaced by mid-19th century font -- used as an ornament in the churchyard
Font Notes:
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Stabb (1908) writes of two fonts in this church: "The octagonal font in the church is modern, having been presented in 1851 [NB: not listed in this Index]. The old font [...], turned out of the church years ago, and for a long time lay neglected in the vicarage garden, now stands in the churchyard near the south-west corner of the church; it has peg-holes in the rim, probably for the attachment of the cover, which is mentioned in the wardens' accounts of 1583."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Roger Peters, of www.wissensdrang.com, for his permission to use the transcription of and images from Stabb (1908).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes about the presence of holes from the staples of the old cover]
REFERENCES
- Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 212 and pl. 212b