Stockleigh Pomeroy
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
Image Source: Roger Peters [www.wissensdrang.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10585STO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A3072, 20 km NNW of Exeter
Century and Period: Medieval
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).
Font Notes:
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Noted in Stabb (1908) as modern font of the early 19th century: "There is a large font dated MDCCCXII". [NB: the original church dates at least from the 12th century, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) from this church]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: "MDCCCXII"
Inscription Source: Stabb (1908: 219)
REFERENCES
Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916