Whitwell nr. Ventnor / Whitewell / Wytewell / Whitweay
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: notice that the tower is built against the south side of the church
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 July 2010 by Editor5807 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Mary_and_St._Radegund,_Whitwell] [accessed 8 September 2011]
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view of church interior - tower arch
Scene Description: looking from the nave into the tower; this space was used for some time as the village Post Office!
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 July 2010 by Editor5807 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Mary_and_St._Radegund,_Whitwell] [accessed 8 September 2011]
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view of font and cover - south side
Scene Description: seen from the inside of the tower [NB: the tower is located against the south isde of the church]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 July 2010 by Editor5807 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Mary_and_St._Radegund,_Whitwell] [accessed 8 September 2011]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: as seen from inside the tower space, looking into the nave; the striped rope ober the font is one of the bell pulls
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 1999
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 1999 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1156336] [accessed 8 August 2011]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17662WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Radegund
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Radegund
Church Location: High St, Whitwell, Ventnor PO38 2RA, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Isle of Wight, South East
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Niton, 5 km NW of Ventnor, on the S side of the island
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Portsmouth
Historical Region: Hundred of East Medine -- formerly Hampshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, attached to the tower arch
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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No entry found for this Whitwell in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "The original church evidently was an aisleless one with narrow chancel, divided by an arch, [...] built towards the close of the 12th century by the lords of Gatcombe, who raised there an altar to their patron, St. Radegund. [...] A general remodelling was undertaken in 1868"; no font is mentioned in the VCH entry. The monolithic baptismal font, which is attached to tower arch, is an octagonal basin in which the lower third changes to a square shape via triangular chamfers. It rests directly on the ground. The font is whitewashed all over. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration on ring handle; appears modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.597222, -1.264167
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 35′ 50″ N, 1° 15′ 51″ W
UTM: 30U 622851 5606474
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal-to-square
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-09-08 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.