Camborne No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01485CAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin and St. Meriadoc
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours & St. Meriasek [aka Meriadoc, Meriadocus]
Church Address: Church St, Camborne TR14 7DF, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1209 610498
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A3047, just S of the A30, 5 km W of Redruth (dir. Penzance)
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period, a noteworthy example [NB: the same listing includes a font of the Decorated period for this locality, later moved [cf. Index entry for Camborne No. 2]. Cox (1912), however, mentions only a modern granite font in this church.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 335766 5564899
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.213444, -5.301944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 12′ 48.4″ N, 5° 18′ 7″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: type unknown
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 77
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 193