Othery

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15382OTH
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: North Lane, Othery TA7 0QG, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A361-A372 crossroads, 6 km NW of Langport, 11 km ESE of Bridgwater
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Whitley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
No entry for Othery found in the Domesday survey. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 8, 2004) notes: "Othery was a chapelry of Sowy parish [...] with its own chaplain from the 13th century.[...] In 1515, when Sowy was divided, Othery became a separate parish with its own parish church and vicar [...] The church of St. Michael, so dedicated by 1545, [...] was built in the early 14th century, remodelled in the 15th century, and partly rebuilt after 1844 [...] In the 15th century […] the nave was provided with a south door with sanctuary ring, and an octagonal font." The National Monuments Record [IoE Number: 269583] reports a "Decorated font with a C18 cover." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.0806, -2.883
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 4′ 50.16″ N, 2° 52′ 58.8″ W
UTM: 30U 508196 5658794

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 18th-century?
Material: wood,
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-09-24 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.