Walton-on-the-Wolds / Waleton / Waletone / Waletun / Waletuna / Walton on the Wolds / Waltone
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: the modern church; the cross base in front of it is medieval
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © rambler1977, 2015
Image Source: digital photograpoh taken 2 March 2015 by rambler1977 [www.flickr.com/photos/rambler77/16527047338/] [accessed 24 July 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19951WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [aka St. Mary Magdalene] [new church]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin [old church's patron was St. Bartholomew]
Church Notes: original church early-13thC dedicated to St. Bartholomew; became ruinous and decayed and was demolished; new church built 1739
Church Address: Six Hills Road, Walton-le-Wolds, Leicestershire, LE12 8JF
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km NE of Barrow-on-Soar, 6 km E of Loughborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of East Goscote
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the early-13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Walton[-on-the-Wolds] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK5919/walton-on-the-wolds/] [accessed 24 July 2015] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The original early-13th century church was dedicated to St. Batholomew; it became ruinous and decayed and was demolished; present church built in 1739; baptismal records go back to 1566. [NB: we ghave no information on the font of the original church here].
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UTM: 30U 626627 5848615