Exford
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15349EXF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located between Barnstaple and Bridgwater
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Notes:
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Described in Pevsner (1958): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with a stem with panels containing ogee arches addorsed and affronted; bowl with quatrefoils with leaves, etc." Noted in 'Everything Exmoor' [http://everythingexmoor.org.uk/page.php?id=300] [accessed 18 September 2009]: "The font is [a] good example of Perpendicular work." The England's Past for Everyone web site [http://www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk/Counties/Exmoor/Projects/SettlementOfExmoor/Items/Exford_church?Session/@id=D_trHDVh5kWaLyETq6Dl6h] [accessed 18 September 2009] notes: "The church was largely refitted in the 1920s but retains its late medieval font".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 169