West Chinnock

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15412CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A30, SW of Yeovil
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Notes:
The original font appears to have been destroyed in a 19th-century fire. Pevsner (1958) notes a new font among the furnishings introduced in the late-19th century re-building of the church.

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 337