Waverton / Wavretone
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Peter's Church, Waverton. The earliest documentary evidence of a place of worship on the site is in a charter of confirmation dated 1093. Later references are in a will dated 1599 and in documents relating to the building of a north chapel in 1640 by John Tilston of Lower Huxley Hall."
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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 23 July 2012 by Jeff Buck [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3049734] [accessed 20 August 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10771WAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Stuart
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: earliest documentary evidence of a place of worship on the site is in a charter of confirmation dated 1093;
Church Address: Village Rd, Waverton CH3 7QN, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1244 336668
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A41 [aka Whitchurch Rd], 4-5 km SE of Chester town centre
Historical Region: Hundred of Duddeston [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Wavertone [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ4663/waverton/] [accessed 20 August 2022]; it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Richards (1973) writes: "There is a seventeenth century font, plainly fashioned and octagonal in shape." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SJ4618063355] notes: "Church: tower C16, aisles and nave roof early-mid C17, restoration and additions dated 1845, and 1888", but mentions no font in it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 512929 5890591
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.16453, -2.80661
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 9′ 52.31″ N, 2° 48′ 23.8″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973, p. 343