Farway / Fairway / Farewei
Image copyright © Michael Wright, 2009
Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 January 2009]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Wright, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Michael Wright
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 January 2009]
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Wright, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Michael Wright
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 January 2009]
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14243FAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels [aka St. Michael], Farway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: Farway, Colyton EX24 6EQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1404 831887
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of the A375, 5 km S of Honiton, 8 km ENE of Ottery St. Mary
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Colyton [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disappeared font (the one from the Norman and later medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font, at the W end of the nave, appears modern, probably 19th-century. Not mentioned in Stabb (1908), Pevsner (1952) or Hoskins (1954). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SY1723896463] notes: "Parish church. Norman origins with some C13, C14 and C15 work, a dated renovation of 1628 at the expense of Humphrey Hutchins, thorough renovation of 1876" and confirms the modern font in it: "The C19 font is Beerstone with marble corner shafts." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to Norman times, but we do not have any information on the original font of this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Michael Wright, OPC for Farway, for the photograph of the modern font
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain; probably 19th-century