North Piddle / Northpiddle / Pidelet / Pydele

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 June 2008 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/843557] [accessed 16 October 2014]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16613PID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1290?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: North Piddle, Worcester WR7 4PS
Site Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just N of Wyre Piddle, 8 km NNE of Pershore [Coordinates: 52:11.3402N 2:2.8760W]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester
Historical Region: Hundred of Pershore
Font Notes:
There are two entries for [North] Piddle [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO9654/north-piddle/] [accessed 16 October 2014], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Miller (1890) gives no specific date for the church "rebuilt 1876", but reports the first recorded rector in it as "Walterus de Merton ... 1290". The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The old church was a small rectangular structure with a wooden bellcote and a north porch", but does not mention a font. Brooks & Pevsner (2007) note: "Plain octagonal font, perhaps C14."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 565083 5782487
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.189003, -2.047934
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 11′ 20.41″ N, 2° 2′ 52.56″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Brooks, Alan, Worcestershire, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 501