Preston Plucknett / Prestetone

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 July 2009 by Ken Grainger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1429879] [accessed 19 July 2014]
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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © William, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2007 by William [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/436887] [accessed 19 July 2014]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 15385PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: 3 Poplar Drive, Preston Plucknett, Yeovil, BA21 3UL -- Tel.: 01935 422286
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 2 km NNE of Yeovil, and now part of it
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Stone
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Preston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/ST5316/preston-plucknett/] [accessed 19 July 2014], but it mentions neither church nor cleric in it. The Parish web site [www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk/] [accessed 19 July 2014] notes: "The oldest part of St James’ church was built about 1420 as a simple chapel consisting of the nave and chancel. The transepts and the tower, which is 20m (60 ft) high and has six bells, were added later that century. The building was restored and partially rebuilt in the 1860s. Then, during the 1950s, the vestry was built by the vicar and some of the congregation. In 1979, an annexe was added, with kitchen, toilets and a glass door that now provides the entrance from Preston Road. Throughout all those years, St James’ was a daughter church of St John’s, the parish church of Yeovil. In 1988 it was designated for the first time as an independent parish church for northwest Yeovil.] [NB: we have no information on the original font of the 15th-century church -- was it replaced in the 19th-century restoration?]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.942988, -2.664222
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 56′ 34.76″ N, 2° 39′ 51.2″ W
UTM: 30U 523590 5643539