Fritwell No. 2 / Fertewelle / Fertwelle

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13024FRI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Olave
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Church Address: The Lane, Fritwell, Oxfordshire OX27 7QS
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the M40, 10 km NW of Bicester, 25 km N of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Kirtlington [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Ploughley
Font Notes:
Noted in Kelly's Oxford Directory of 1911 [http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/d.asp] [accessed 1July 2007]: "within the south doorway there is a curious holy water stoup of early date" [Kelly (ibid.) also notes a baptismal font of the Decorated period in this church -- cf. Index entry for Fritwell No. 1]. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 6, 1959) notes: "There is a 13th-century holy-water stoup in the chancel".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 621010 5758023
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.959722, -1.238824
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 57′ 35″ N, 1° 14′ 19.76″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Kelly, Kelly's Directory of Oxfordshire, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1911, p. 107 / [http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/d.asp] [accessed 1July 2007]