Stowey / Stawei / Sutton Stowey
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view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 13356STO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas and St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra & St. Mary
Church Location: The St, Stowey, Bishop Sutton, Bristol BS39 5TQ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A368, just E of the Chew Valley Lake, 15-16 km S of Bristol
Historical Region: Hundred of Carhampton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, by the tower arch
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Stowey [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SS8146/stowey/] [accessed 6 August 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Wade & Wade (1929) note: "a 14th cent. font (note the cockle-shell)". Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=32829] [accessed 15 September 2009] notes: "Nave at tower arch has an octagonal Perpendicular font with quatrefoil panels." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST5991859438] notes: "Anglican parish church. C15 and C19 alterations. [...] Nave at tower arch has an octagonal Perpendicular font with quatrefoil panels."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.3325, -2.576667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 19′ 57″ N, 2° 34′ 36″ W
UTM: 30U 529492 5686886
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929