Exeter No. 10 / Execestre / Exonia

Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 December 2019)

Results: 3 records

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 June 2019 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 December 2019)

view of church exterior in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 December 2012 by Nilfanion [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Petrock's_Church,_Exeter_(9215).jpg] [accessed 4 December 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 June 2019 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 December 2019)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 22457EXE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Norman

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Petrock

Font Location in Church: [disappeared]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Petroc [aka Pedrog, Perreux, Petrock]

Church Notes: original church here possibly founded 6thC, but more likely 11thC

Church Address: 10 Cathedral Yard, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1HJ, UK

Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A3015, across (N) from the Corn Exchange

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter

Historical Region: Hundred of Wonford

Font Notes: Click to view

There are eighteen entries for Exeter [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SX9292/exeter/] [accessed 13 May 2018], of which two mention a church in it. The present font at the much modified Church of St. Petrock is modern

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this modern font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 462434 5619124

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.7227, -3.5322

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 43′ 21.72″ N, 3° 31′ 55.92″ W