Coryton / Coriton / Curigtown

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14222COR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (?) [basin only], [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew, Coryton
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Coryton, Okehampton EX20 4PA, UK
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 11 km NNW of Tavistock
Ecclesiastic Region: Hundred of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Lifton [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: composite font (the present one) -- disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
Derrick (2000) [http://www.rca.ukhq.co.uk/temples/church/dev-coryton-s.html] [accessed 19 January 2009] writes: "The name Coryton is taken from a Celtic saint, St Curig. The first Church was built in the early sixth century when St Curig was in Devon and before he went to Britany. Coryton was at that time known as Curigtown. In 1261 the church was rebuilt and dedicated to St Andrew, the nave was rebuilt in the 15th century, by the 16th century the tower had been added. In th 1840's the south porch and north transept were built." No mention of a font in either Pevsner (1952) or Hoskins (1954). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SX4570583554] notes: "Parish church. C13 chancel, C15 nave, C16 tower, 1840s porch, north aisle of 1885 [...] Square font on 4-corner shafts, the bowl probably C15, the rest of the interior is largely 1885." [NB: we have no information on the early font(s) of this church]