Dunterton / Donoritone

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14234DUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints, Dunterton
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Dunterton, Tavistock PL19 0QJ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1822 870298
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B3362, 12 km WNW of Tavistock
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Lifton [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
Not mentioned in Stabb (1908), Pevsner (1952) or Hoskins (1954), although the church dates from the 14th or 15th century. Reported as an ancient font in the Devonshire Church Album [http://www.rca.ukhq.co.uk/temples/church/dev-dunterton-s.html] [accessed 26 January 2009]. The National Archives on-line entry for Dunsford [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=028-798&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1] [accessed 26 January 2009] reports a font cover of 1948. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SX3758279295] notes: "Parish church. Chantry for monastery at Tavistock prior to 1460. Circa early to mid C14 origins with reset tracery and piscina surviving [...] Octagonal granite font", without a date.