Shepton Beauchamp / Sceptone
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: EXT SE digital photograph taken 30 November 2016 by Stevekeiretsu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shepton_Beauchamp_church.jpg] [accessed 27 February 2018]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stevekeiretsu, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 November 2016 by Stevekeiretsu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shepton_Beauchamp_church.jpg] [accessed 27 February 2018]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13479SHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Church St, Shepton Beauchamp, Ilminster TA19 0LQ, UK -- Tel.: +44 1460 240228
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A303, 3 km W of South Petherton, 6 km NE of Ilminster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of South Petherton
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Shepton [Beauchamp] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST4017/shepton-beauchamp/] [accessed 27 February 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Wade & Wade (1929) report an ancient font in this church. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 4, 1978) notes: "The church was first mentioned in 1243 and the benefice was a rectory by 1254 [...] No part of the fabric can be ascribed with certainty to a date before the end of the 13th century, but it is probable that the nave preserves the outline of the building which then existed"; there is no font mentioned in the VCH entry. The National Monuments Record [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=428473] [accessed 28 September 2009] notes: "Norman tub font with C19 medieval style cover with ironwork."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 510595 5644306
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.950278, -2.849167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 57′ 1″ N, 2° 50′ 57″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 6 April 2008]