Watton-at-Stone / Watone / Wattun / Wodtone / Wodtune

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2013 by Bikeboy [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3445133] [accessed 18 October 2016]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13252WAT

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Andrew

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Andrew

Church Location: Perrywood Lane, Watton at Stone, Hertfordshire SG14 3SZ

Country Name: England

Location: Hertfordshire, East

Directions to Site: Located at the A602-A119 cross-roads, 10 km SE of Stevenage

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis of St. Albans

Historical Region: Hundred of Broadwater

Century and Period: 13th century, Early English

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are four entries for this Watton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL3018/watton/] [accessed 18 October 2016], one of which, in the lordship of Anketil of Rots, mentions a priest but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The Gentleman's Magazine (issue for SeptemberJuly 1842, p. 298) lists in its 'Literary and Scientific Intelligence' section," 'A Companion to the Baptismal Font', by the Rev. E. Bickersteth, Rector of Watton, Herts. 18mo. 2s". The Victoria County History (Hertford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The advowson is first mentioned in 1304, when it was in the hands of Mabel de Tuwe […] The original church was entirely obliterated by the 15th-century rebuilding […] The nave arcades are of the 13th century"; no font mentioned in the VCH entry. The present font is Victorian, octagonal all over, of a Perpendicular-style design. [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 13th century, but we have no information on its earlier font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.853854, -0.109806

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 51′ 13.87″ N, 0° 6′ 35.3″ W

UTM: 30U 699039 5748733

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2016-10-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.