Little Cheverell / Cheverell Parva
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view of church exterior - west tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13788CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Westbury Road, Little Cheverell, Wiltshire, SN10 4JL
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 3 km SW of East Lavington, 8 km S of Devizes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Swanborough
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photograph of this church
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 10, 1975) notes: "There was a church at Little Cheverell by 1291 [...] The church was valued at £8 in 1291 [...] The church of St. Peter, so called since at least 1850 but called St. Nicholas's in 1332 [...] and 1534, [...]. The old church [...] was largely of the 14th century, [...] The church was rebuilt in 1850 [...] The registers date from 1653 and are complete." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with pointed quatrefoils."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 568628 5681534
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: 2012-01-24 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912