Pertwood No. 1
INFORMATION
FontID: 17849PER
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 3 km NW of Hindon, 6 km N of East Knoyle, 11 km S of Warminster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Warminster
Century and Period: 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 8, 1965) notes: "The earliest reference found to a church at Pertwood is in 1333 [...] Until the beginning of the 19th century, the church of St. Peter was a small, stone, 12th-century building with a round-headed door on the south side. [...] It was restored in c. 1812 by the lord of the manor, and in 1822 there was said to be no feature of antiquity left except a holywater stoop to the south of the altar. [...] Late in the 19th century the church was completely rebuilt [...] In 1908 the bowl of a 14th-century font was discovered buried in a nearby copse and was restored to the church at the expense of the then lord of the manor, Percy Scawen Wyndham."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 558103 5662385
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-01-13 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.