Stocklinch Magdalen

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13481STO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A303, 4 km NE of Ilminster
Font Notes:
Wade & Wade (1929) report "an ancient font" in this church [NB: this reference must be to St. Mary Magdalen's, as Wade & Wade specify that the church "has no tower", which fits tower-less Magdalen; St. Mary Ottersey's does have a tower]. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The Stocklinch Benefit web site [http://www.stocklinch.org.uk/Churches.htm#MaryMagdalene] [accessed 6 April 2008] claims that "the font at Ottersey church is Norman, that at Magdalen [sic] is Saxon".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 6 April 2008]