Cheddon Fitzpaine

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14672CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (late?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Cheddon Fitzpaine, Somerset, TA2 8JU
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Taunton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
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, p. 40 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=h-kGAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA100&lpg=RA1-PA100&dq=west+hatch+church+font&source=bl&ots=8DPeBrOd_W&sig=MBiQ5MYBqifsAD89-vQ_wGSHaKA&hl=en&ei=woMRSv6yH4jOMqKBnbMG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPP7,M1] [accessed 18 May 2009]