St. Nectan's Chapel / Saint Necta's Chapel / St. Nighton's Chapel

Noted in Lysons (1806-1833) as one of a group of remarkable fonts in this county. Cox (1912) notes that "St. Nighton was a distinct parish in mediaeval days, and thus remained temp. James I. [i.e., 1603-1625]; now for long time attached as chapelry to St. Winnow", and describes the font: "Bowl of font square, with ribs at angles, and is either late Norm[an] or Trans[ition]. The Genuki site [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/[...]] informs that this chapel is located about two miles north-east of St. Winnow; it is "a chapel at ease dedicated to St Nectan (called locally St Nighton's chapel)" and "marriages and baptisms are celebrated in it". Pevsner (1970) notes a font in this church: "The bowl seems old, but has no features to help in the dating." [NB: the discrepancy in the round vs. square descriptions above stems from the shape of the basin, which resembles a round vessel contained in a square frame, a shape not uncommon in medieval fonts, as well as mortars]. Illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Nectan.html] [accessed 19 November 2009]