Exeter No. 9 / Execestre / Exonia
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14276EXE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Paul [demolished in 1936]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church ca. 1865
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Church Address: 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
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Paul Street, it was totally demolished in 1936
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Wonford
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 462462 5619190
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.7233, -3.5318
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 43′ 23.88″ N, 3° 31′ 54.48″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (black)
REFERENCES
- Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Devon and Cornwall, London: John Murray, 1865, p. 15 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=V_YGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=%22roborough+stone%22&source=bl&ots=2ZhOkO8ZIn&sig=RriwKcw-zwLPfFdGUaHE7WccPgU&hl=en&ei=QRWkSZHXMYjTnQe2ud2pBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPR5,M1] [accessed 24 February 2009]