Todwick / Tateuuic / Tatevvic / Tatewic

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11207TOD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul [originally from Worksop Abbey?]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [orig. from Worksop Abbey?]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Todwick, Sheffield S26 1HN, UK -- Tel.: +44 1909 771101
Site Location: South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B6463, S of the A57, about 12 km SE of Rotherham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Sheffield
Historical Region: Hundred of Strafforth -- formerly WRYrks
Additional Comments: cost of a font in 1876 / price of a font [cf. FontNotes] / re-cycled font (the present font originally from Worksop Abbey) -- disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday--time church here)
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Todwick [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK4984/todwick/] [accessed 29 November 2018]; ir reports a church in it. Armitage (1905) writes: "The font is said to have come from Worksop Abbey." Noted in Morris (1932): "Plain octagonal font." No font mentioned in the entry for this church in Harman & Pevsner (2017). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK4974684126] notes: "Church. C11 nave with later porch and windows, chancel of C14 origin, C15 tower; C18 and C19 alterations. [...] font, brought from Worksop Abbey in 1876, has octagonal shaft and moulded bowl." The Todwick Village site [www.todwick.org.uk/church/church.html] [accessed 29 November 2018] adds: "The old font was acquired from Worksop Abbey in 1876 at a cost of £3". No font mentioned in the entry for this church in Harman & Pevsner (2017). [NB: Worksop Priory [aka Priory Church of Our Lady and Saint Cuthbert, Worksop] is now a parish church in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 616215 5912839
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.3519, -1.254
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 21′ 6.84″ N, 1° 15′ 14.4″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Armitage, Ella S., A key to English antiquities with special reference to the Sheffield and Rotherham disctrict, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1905, p. 294
  • Morris, Joseph Ernest, The West Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1932, p. 513