Exeter No. 9 / Execestre / Exonia

INFORMATION

FontID: 14276EXE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Paul [demolished in 1936]

Church Patron Saints: St. Paul

Church Location: church demolished in 1936; the site is at 40 High St, Exeter EX4 3HP, UK; the coordinates given are for the Guildhall Shopping Centre, which now occupies the side of the demolished medieval church

Country Name: England

Location: Devon, South West

Directions to Site: Located on Paul Street, it was totally demolished in 1936

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter

Historical Region: Hundred of Wonford

Font Location in Church: Inside the church ca. 1865

Font Notes: Click to view

There are eighteen entries for Exeter [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SX9292/exeter/] [accessed 13 May 2018], of which two mention a church in it. John Murray's Handbook for travellers […] (1865) notes a "font of black marble" in this church.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.7233, -3.5318

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 43′ 23.88″ N, 3° 31′ 54.48″ W

UTM: 30U 462462 5619190

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (black)

REFERENCES

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