Wellington nr. Taunton / Walintone / Weolingtun

INFORMATION

FontID: 15368WEL
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
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