Rialton / Rialtoun / Rieltone / Ryalton

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15910RYA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church (?)
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: the former priory was deconsecrated and for sale as a private dwelling [https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/3632313/664609854/document-0.pdf] [accessed 2 September 2024]. This may be the same building as the one listed in Historic England [Listing NGR: SW8476762233]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A3058 and A3059, just E of Nansledan, E of Newquay
Historical Region: Hundred of Rialton [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disused font / broken font / fragment
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Rialton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SW8461/rialton/] [accessed 2 September 2024]; ir mentions neither priest nor church in it. The Antiquarian (September 7, 1872, p. 217) reports on the visit to Ryalton, Cornwall, by the members of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, where they were shown "part of an old font, built into a wall". [NB: the text of the report appears to indicate the fragment is located, not in the church, but in one of the nearby buildings]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment