West Hallam

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01568HAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Wilfrid
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Wilfrid [aka Wilfred, Wilfrith]
Church Address: West Hallam, Ilkeston DE7 6GR, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 115 932 4695
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 11 km NE of Derby
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

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

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, p. 195
  • Kelly, Kelly's Directory of the counties of Derby, Notts., Leicester and Rutland, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1891, cited in http://www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/kelly/hallam_west.htm [accessed 10 February 2009]