Stawell / Stawelle

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view of church exterior - southeast view
INFORMATION
FontID: 21706STA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Francis
Church Patron Saints: St. Francis of Assisi [since the 1960s; no recorded dedication earlier]
Church Location: Stawell Road, Stawell, Bridgwater TA7 9AZ , UK
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A39 [aka Bath Rd], 7 km ENE of Bridgwater
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Whitley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Stawell [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST3638/stawell/] [accessed 2 May 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 8, 2004) notes: "There was a chapel by 1270 when the lord of the manor received permission from the abbot of Glastonbury to have his grandson baptised there and not at the mother church of Moorlinch [...] The church, dedicated to St. Francis from the 1960s but earlier with no recorded dedication, probably originated as a building with undifferentiated chancel and nave in the 13th century [...] A general restoration was undertaken in 1874 [...] during which the seats, furnishings, and nave roof were introduced"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST3680738296] [accessed 2 May 2018] reports a "Octagonal C15 font with quatrefoil panels, C19 cover' in it.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.1404,
-2.9047
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 8′ 25.44″ N,
2° 54′ 16.92″ W
UTM: 30U 506667 5665442
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-. Accessed: 2018-05-02 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.