Morvah
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Steve Beazley, 2005
Image Source: Steve Beazley, of RootsWeb.Com [www.cornwall.netfirms.com/morvah/index.htm]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permit
INFORMATION
FontID: 10872MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bridget or St. Morwetha
Church Patron Saints: St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed] or St. Morwetha
Country Name: England
Location: Cornwall, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the B3306, WNW of Madron
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century (late) (?) / 19th century, Gothic? / Victorian?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Steve Beazley, of RotsWeb.com, for his image of this font.
Font Notes:
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Kelly's Directory of Cornwall for 1856 mentions a Gothic font in this church. Cox (1912) does not mention a font in his entry for Morvah. The present font is a plain octagonal baptismal font of unknown date, although the small size points to either a modern font, or an older one re-cut. Illustrated in Steve Beazley's RootsWeb.Com [www.cornwall.netfirms.com/morvah/index.htm]. The Parish Register notes baptisms since 1650 (e.g.: 14 April 1650: John son of Baldwin Henston) [source: The Morvah Page, http://webs.lanset.com/azella/morvah_page.html]. The original chapel or church is probably dated to at least the 14th century with a dedication to St. Bridget. Not in Pevsner (1970)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Kelly, Kelly's Directory of Cornwall, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1856