Walkhampton

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 14280WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Walkhampton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin [only since 1985 -- may have been dedicated earlier to St. Dionisius]
Church Address: Church Lane, Walkhampton, Yelverton PL20 6JY, United Kingdom
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B3212, 5-6 km SE of Tavistock, inside the Dartmoor National Park, in the SW corner of Dartmoor
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Bartmoor
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, p. 304
  • 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, vol. 1: 71 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=sgcVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA220&lpg=PA220&dq=lamerton+church+font&source=bl&ots=7tuSX1lDWd&sig=AP8wFkxEZsyUbnUi_FgyE5b1S6g&hl=en&ei=2xGkSbvmNIS6nQfnxP2qBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA19,M1] [accessed 24 February 2009]