Lew Trenchard / Lewe / Lewtrenchard
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 January 1996 by Nick Macneill [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1730138] [accessed 6 December 2017]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14285LEW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter [originally dedicated to St. Petrock -- dedicated to St. Peter since 1261]
Church Location: Lewtrenchard, Okehampton EX20 4NU, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1566 783127
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A30, 14 km N of Tavistock, 12 NE of Launceston
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Lifton
Century and Period: 13th century / 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Lewtrenchard [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SX4586/lewtrenchard/] [accessed 6 December 2017]; it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Font here not mentioned in Stabb (1908), Pevsner (1952) or Hoskins (1954). [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to at least the 13th century, with a major renovation in the 15th, but we have no information on the early fonts(s) of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.654, -4.185
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 39′ 14.4″ N, 4° 11′ 6″ W
UTM: 30U 416233 5612019