Cheddon Fitzpaine

INFORMATION

FontID: 14672CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Cheddon Fitzpaine, Somerset, TA2 8JU
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Taunton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Medieval
Font Notes:
Noted in Jeboult (1873): "The font appears to be [...] modern." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The Taunton Deane Borough Council [http://www.tauntondeane.gov.uk/tdbcsites/her/her_lb/lbdets.asp?id=001924] [accessed 17 September 2009] mentions a font in this church but gives no details of it. [NB: the tower goes back to the 13th century, but we have no information on the original font of this church].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 494293 5654621

REFERENCES

Jeboult, Edward, A General Account of West Somerset, description of the Valley of the Tone, and the history of the twon of Taunton, Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-press, 1873