Farway / Fairway
Image copyright © Michael Wright, 2009
Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 January 2009]
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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]
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]
INFORMATION
FontID: 14243FAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels [aka St. Michael]
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located 5 km S of Honiton, 8 km ENE of Ottery St. Mary
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Michael Wright, OPC for Farway, for the photograph of the modern font
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) [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]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain; probably 19th-century