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
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).
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