Mary Tavy / Tavy St. Mary / Mary Tavy / Marytavy

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14281TAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin, Mary Tavy
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Whincroft, Tavistock PL19 9PR, United Kingdom
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A386, 6 km NNE of Tavistock
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Font Notes:
Noted in Worthy (1887): "The font is plain and octagonal". Not mentioned in Pevsner (1952). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SX5092178752] notes: "Parish church. C14 origin of nave and chancel [...] octagonal granite font in south aisle, possibly of mediaeval origin and recut in C19, with decorative ironwork to cover."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • 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: 164 / [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]