Charlton Musgrove / Cerletone

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view of church exterior - south view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13402CHA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Stephen
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: Rectory Ln, Wincanton BA9 8BJ, UK -- Tel.: +44 1963 32928
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B3081, N of the A303, 2 km NNE of Wincanton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Wincanton [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Norton Ferris
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century[re-tooled?], Carline? / Jacobean? [altered?]
There is an entry for Charlton [Musgrove] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST7229/charlton-musgrove/] [accessed 18 April 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Wade & Wade (1929) report an "odd-looking font" in this church. Pevsner (1958) writes: "Octagonal with carved flowers, cross, etc., on square panels. It might be of c. 1660-70, re-tooled." The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 7, 1999) notes: "In the later 12th century John de Rivers granted the church to Bruton priory, but in 1214 Robert de Musgrove successfully claimed the advowson against the canons [...] church of ST. STEPHEN, so dedicated by 1544 [...] The plan suggests a 12th-century origin with refenestration of the chancel in the 14th century and remodelling of the nave in the 15th or the early 16th century"; the VCH entry does not mention a font in it. The parish register for baptisms starts in 1538 [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/asp/parish.asp?Parish=Charlton+Musgrove] [accessed 9 March 2008]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST7201329909] reports an "octagonal font of mid Cl7" in it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.067778, -2.400833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 4′ 4″ N, 2° 24′ 3″ W
UTM: 30U 541982 5657533

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-03-09 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958
Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929