Wellington nr. Taunton / Walintone / Weolingtun

INFORMATION

FontID: 15368WEL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist [previously St. Mary?]

Church Location: High Street, Wellington, Somerset, TA218SF

Country Name: England

Location: Somerset, South West

Directions to Site: Located 12 km S of Taunton

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells

Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval

Church Notes: According to the Wellington Town Council web site [www.wellingtontowncouncil.co.uk/freepage.asp?ID=2] [accessed 27 September 2011] the earlier church here, going back as far as 1178, may have been dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin

Font Notes: Click to view

Kelly's Directory of 1883 reports "the font is modern and richly carved", thereby indicating that the original font from the 13th-century church was no longer there. Pevsner does not mention the font but notes the cover, "a recent addition, designed by W. H. Randall Blacking". [NB: we have no information on the font from the 12th or the 13th-century church(s) here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.9788, -3.2288

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 58′ 43.68″ N, 3° 13′ 43.68″ W

UTM: 30U 483938 5647492

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958