Over Wallop / Over Welhop / Upwellop / Uverwallop / Wallope / Wellop

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animal - bird - eagle - 2
design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8
design element - motifs - foliage - 6
view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - south view
INFORMATION
FontID: 17544WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Pater
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: B3084, Over Wallop, Hampshire SO20 8HT
Country Name: England
Location: Hampshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the B3084, 8 km NW of Stockbridge, near the border with Wiltshire
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Broughton [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Thorngate
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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There are six entries for [Over] Wallop [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU2838/over-wallop/] [accessed 8 September 2015], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 2011) notes: "It is probable that the chapel in Wallop to which 8 acres of tithe belonged at the time of the Domesday Survey was in Over Wallop. [...] Over Wallop was, however, a separate parish in 1291 [...] The two west bays of the north arcade are of late 12th-century date, and point to the former existence of an early nave [...] to which a north aisle was added about 1180 [...] There are no old fittings except two 17th-century benches at the west end of the south aisle, and a fine octagonal 15th-century font at the west end of the nave, with quatrefoiled panels on the bowl, one panel containing a shield apparently of the arms of Incent. On the chamfer below the bowl are two eagles, the other six faces having leaf patterns, and the stem has trefoiled panels." The wooden cover on the font is probably 18th- or 19th-century. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of the medieval church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.142816, -1.595266
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 8′ 34.14″ N, 1° 35′ 42.96″ W
UTM: 30U 598265 5666645
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th century?
Material: wood, oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-08-10 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.