Stonton Wyville No. 2 / Stantone / Staunton Wyvile / Staunton Wyville

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13139STO
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Denis / St Denys'
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Church Address: Stonton Wyville, Leicestershire LE16 7UG
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B6047, 18 km SE of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Gartree
Additional Comments: disappeared stoup?
Font Notes:
There are two entries for Stonton [Wyville] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP7395/stonton-wyville/] [accessed 26 August 2015], one of which mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one here. The Victoria County History (Leicestershire, vol. 5, 1964) reports: "In 1791 Nichols described a small water stoup in the north wall of the nave, but this is now missing" [to be completed].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 641242 5824098
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.548611, -0.916917
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 32′ 55″ N, 0° 55′ 0.9″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Nichols, John, History and antiquities of the town and County of Leicester, London: John Nichols & Son, 1795-1811, vol. 2: p. 808