Thrushelton / Tresetone / Thrusheltone / Thruselton

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14282THR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (?), Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Chapel and Parish Church of St. George, Thrushelton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Address: Thrushelton, Okehampton EX20 4QY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1566 783320
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A30, 15 km N of Tavistock, 16 SW of Okehampton. It was a chapelry dependant on Maristow, which is 5-6 km away
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Lifton [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
Noted in Worthy (1887): "The font, of Roborough stone, is octagonal and unornamented." The entry for thish church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SX4473787609] notes: "Chapelry, formerly to Marystow parish church. Some of the walling may be C13 or C14. C14 chancel arch and 2-bays of the arcade, C14 or C15 tower, C15 south chancel chapel arch and 1 bay of the arcade, some C14 fenestration, modest C19 restoration [...] Plain octagonal font may be C15 on an octagonal stem and base."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

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: 192 / [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]