West Hallam

INFORMATION

FontID: 01568HAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Wilfrid
Church Patron Saints: St. Wilfrid [aka Wilfred, Wilfrith]
Church Location: West Hallam, Ilkeston DE7 6GR, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 115 932 4695
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 11 km NE of Derby
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Font Notes:
Reported in Kelly's Directory of 1891: "the font is a massive octagon of the 14th century". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.9657, -1.35799
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 57′ 56.52″ N, 1° 21′ 28.76″ W
UTM: 30U 610279 5869717

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Kelly, Kelly's Directory of the counties of Derby, Notts., Leicester and Rutland, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1891