Williton No. 2 / Willetone

Image and permission to reproduce it received (e-mail of 1 August 200)

Results: 7 records

Click to view images and/or subjects

design element - motifs - floral - rosette - in an octafoil - 8

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 1 July 2008 by Tony Ethridge

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

design element - motifs - piping

Scene Description: resembling columns, at the angles

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 1 July 2008 by Tony Ethridge

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

design element - motifs - tracery

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 1 July 2008 by Tony Ethridge

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

inscription

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 1 July 2008 by Tony Ethridge

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 August 2013 by Roger Cornfoot [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3623362] [accessed 2 April 2018]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Peter's church in Bridge Street was originally a dependent chapel of St Decuman's, Watchet and dedicated to All Saints. It was largely rebuilt in the 19th century, and is Grade II* listed. It may not be the most spectacular church, but had a simple charm and was well used."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 March 2013 by nick macneill [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3414615] [accessed 2 April 2018]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2008 by Tony Ethridge

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission to reproduce it received (e-mail of 1 August 200)

INFORMATION

FontID: 13442WIL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: off Bridge Street, Williton, TA4 4NS Somerset, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Somerset, South West

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A39, just SE of Watchet

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells

Historical Region: Hundred of Williton

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: 1666

Century and Period: 17th century(mid), Stuart

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Toni Ethridge, of Somerset Villages, for the photograph of this font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for Williton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST0741/williton/] [accessed 2 April 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Kelly's Directory of 1883 and Wade & Wade (1929) report a stone font dated 1666. in this church. The entry for St. Decumans in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 5, 1985) notes: "Before 1202 Robert FitzUrse granted his right in the advowson of Williton chapel to the church of St. Decuman. [...] The chapel, which had a resident chaplain, had no burial ground, and attendance at the mother church was required at festivals, [...] The church, formerly the chapel, of ST. PETER was dedicated by the early 14th century to All Saints [...] The building was heavily restored and the north aisle and vestry added in 1856–9 by C. E. Giles [...] The alabaster font was bought in 1666". The Quantock Online Community website [http://www.quantockonline.co.uk/quantocks/villages/williton/williton01.html] [accessed 18 March 2008] notes: "During the civil war the font was damaged by vandals and the present octagonal font, dated 1666, was made from local alabaster from the cliffs at Watchet to replace it. The initials on the font are throught to be the initials of the church wardens “RW and RP”. The alabaster font has suffered too: the basin is badly cracked and a part of stem is also damaged.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.118056, -3.415

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 7′ 5″ N, 3° 24′ 54″ W

UTM: 30U 470954 5663035

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, alabaster

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: lead-lined

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Initials and numbers

Inscription Text: "1666 / RW RP"

Inscription Source: photograph

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood, oak

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal and flat, with broad wooden handle; modern

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2018-04-02 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883

Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929