Walkhampton

Results: 2 records

B01: symbol - shield

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 14280WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin [only since 1985 -- may have been dedicated earlier to St. Dionisius]
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located inside the Dartmoor National Park, in the SW corner of Dartmoor
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
Noted in Worthy (1887): "The font is octagonal, and is ornamented with shields for arms, while its pedestal has quatrefoiled recesses." Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with shields." The Walkhampton Parish Church site [http://www.walkhamptonchurch.co.uk] [accessed 24 February 2009] informs: "The dedication to St Mary the Virgin only dates from 1985. Prior to that date the church was known simply as Walkhampton Church. Recent research suggests that the lost dedication may have been St Dionisius of Walkynton, (according to the coinage rolls of 1531 for Tavistock)".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952
Worthy, Charles, Devonshire parishes, or the antiquities, heraldry and family history of twenty-eight parishes in the Archdeaconry of Totnes, Exeter; London: William Pollard; George Redway, 1887