Widworthy / Wideworde

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Cuthbert's church, Widworthy"

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10611WID
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Cuthbert
Church Patron Saints: St. Cuthbert [aka Cubertus]
Church Location: Widworthy, Honiton EX14 9JS, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7159 833623
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A39 (S), 5-6 km ESE of Honiton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Colyton [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, beneath the tower
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
There is an entry for Widworthy [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SY2199/widworthy/] [accessed 9 September 2024]; it mentions neither priedt not church in it. Noted in Stabb (1908): "an old font beneath the tower." The Parish web site [http://www.theoldforgebb.co.uk/st__cuthbert.html] [accessed 19 March 2009] reports: "The font is of a form that was common in the 15th century."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.78788, -3.1161
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 47′ 16.37″ N, 3° 6′ 57.96″ W
UTM: 30U 491816 5626243

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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