Milton nr. Taunton / Fons Sancte Georgii / Well Town / Wytton

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14683MIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. George
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: formerly a chapel of ease of St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton (Jeboult, 1873)
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Milton is suburb of Taunton
Font Notes:
Noted in Jeboult (1873): "The font is plain, and apparently very ancient." [NB: the fabric of the church itself is reported as Early English]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

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. 102 / [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]