Newton Abbot

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view of church exterior - tower - east side

Scene Description: Source caption: "The former tower of St Leonard's Chapel now stands alone after the chapel was demolished in 1836. On 5th November 1688 the first proclamation declaring William of Orange king was made by the Reverend John Raynall from the pedestal with the lamp post on it." -- the east wall of the tower still shows the contour of the 15thC(?) nave on it.

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Hunt, 2015

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 2 October 2015 by Alan Hunt [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4687584] [accessed 13 August 2019]

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view of church exterior - tower - west side

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Leonards Tower, Newton Abbot. This local landmark dates back to the Cromwell era when William of Orange arrived in South Devon."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mike Crowe, 2005

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 4 June 2005 by Mike Crowe [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/15316] [accessed 13 August 2019[

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14275NEW
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Church Location: 19A Bank St, Newton Abbot TQ12 2JL, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A382-B3195 confluence, 10-12 km NNW of Torquay
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century / 15th century, Medieval
No individual entry for Newton Abbot found in the Domesday survey. The entry for Newton Abbot in Murray's Handbook for travellers […] (1865) notes: "The font, of Norman date, has a bowl of a fine red gritstone (Roborough stone), boldly and most effectively ornamented." [NB: it is not clear which font Murray was referring to, as the original church of St. Leonard is reported to have been demolished in 1836 [cf. Pevsner (1952: 211). There is a Norman font at Wolborough St. Mary's [cf. Index entry], which now serves south and west Newton Abbot areas [cf. www.ogwol.org.uk/stmary.htm [accessed 4 March 2009] -- to be resolved]. The entry for the remaining tower of St Leonard's in Historic England [Listing NGR: SX8579871202] notes: "Tower of a C15 church of which the rest was demolished in 1836 [...] The north-east side bears traces of the roof line of the former nave". [NB: the original church is said to date to the early-13th century, first documented 1350].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.5298, -3.613
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 31′ 47.28″ N, 3° 36′ 46.8″ W
UTM: 30U 456553 5597718

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, gritstone (Roborough stone)

REFERENCES

Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Devon and Cornwall, London: John Murray, 1865