Durleigh / Derlege

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INFORMATION
FontID: 15325DUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Hugh
Church Patron Saints: [earlier dedication unknown]
Church Location: Enmore Rd, Durleigh, Bridgwater TA5 2AW, UK -- Tel.: +44 1278 455022
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 3 km SW of Bridgwater
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Andersfield
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Durleigh [variant spalling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST2736/durleigh/] [accessed 3 April 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST2748536139] reports a "C15 octagonal font" in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 6, 1992) notes: "The plan of the church and the record of a chaplain show that it existed in the 12th century [...] The proportions of the chancel, nave, and tower suggest a 12th-century date, but the chancel was rebuilt in the 13th century and the nave, refenestrated in the 14th century, was altered again in the later 15th, when both chancel and tower arches were inserted, together with the south door and doorway, the font, and the upper storey of the tower. " Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.1199, 3.0375
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 7′ 11.64″ N, 3° 2′ 15″ W
UTM: 30U 497375 5663159
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-09-16 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.