Brailsford

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symbol - floral - Tudor rose

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view of church exterior - churchyard - cross - shaft

Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft depicting a Viking warrior, Brailsford churchyard. Possibly a memorial to the person depicted. Early 11th century, scheduled monument. Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft depicting a Viking warrior, Brailsford churchyard. Possibly a memorial to the person depicted. Early 11th century, scheduled monument. Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Burchell, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2024 by Simon Burchell [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anglo-Scandinavian_cross,_Brailsford_churchyard_06.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - churchyard - cross - shaft - detail

Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft depicting a Viking warrior, Brailsford churchyard. Possibly a memorial to the person depicted. Early 11th century, scheduled monument. Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft depicting a Viking warrior, Brailsford churchyard. Possibly a memorial to the person depicted. Early 11th century, scheduled monument. Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Burchell, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2024 by Simon Burchell [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anglo-Scandinavian_cross,_Brailsford_churchyard_05.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - churchyard - cross - shaft - detail

Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft depicting a Viking warrior, Brailsford churchyard. Possibly a memorial to the person depicted. Early 11th century, scheduled monument. Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft depicting a Viking warrior, Brailsford churchyard. Possibly a memorial to the person depicted. Early 11th century, scheduled monument. Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Burchell, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2024 by Simon Burchell [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anglo-Scandinavian_cross,_Brailsford_churchyard_14.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - churchyard - cross - shaft - detail

Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft depicting a Viking warrior, Brailsford churchyard. Possibly a memorial to the person depicted. Early 11th century, scheduled monument. Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft depicting a Viking warrior, Brailsford churchyard. Possibly a memorial to the person depicted. Early 11th century, scheduled monument. Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Burchell, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2024 by Simon Burchell [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anglo-Scandinavian_cross,_Brailsford_churchyard_13.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - churchyard - cross - shaft and base

Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft depicting a Viking warrior, Brailsford churchyard. Possibly a memorial to the person depicted. Early 11th century, scheduled monument. Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft depicting a Viking warrior, Brailsford churchyard. Possibly a memorial to the person depicted. Early 11th century, scheduled monument. Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Burchell, 2024
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 October 2024 by Simon Burchell [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anglo-Scandinavian_cross,_Brailsford_churchyard_08.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - churchyard - cross - shaft and base

Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian high cross shaft and medieval cross base in the churchyard of All Saints' Church"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Anglo-Scandinavian high cross shaft and medieval cross base in the churchyard of All Saints' Church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Dunford, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 30 December 2020 by David Dunford [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brailsford_Cross.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - northeast view

Source caption: " All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England. 12th century with later alterations and additions, Grade I listed."
Scene Description: Source caption: " All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England. 12th century with later alterations and additions, Grade I listed."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Burchell, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2024 by Simon Burchell [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Saints'_Church,_Brailsford_11.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: " All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England. 12th century with later alterations and additions, Grade I listed."
Scene Description: Source caption: " All Saints' Church, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England. 12th century with later alterations and additions, Grade I listed."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Burchell, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2024 by Simon Burchell [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Saints'_Church,_Brailsford_12.jpg] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 01570BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Church Ln, Brailsford, Ashbourne DE6 3AA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1335 361239
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (S) road A52, 11-12 km SE of Ashbourne, 15-16 km NW of Derby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century (?), Perpendicular
Church Notes: 12thC church; restored 1880s
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. The entry for this church in Historic England [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1109734] [accessed 15 February 2025] notes: "Parish church. C12, C14, C15, 1629 [...] Octagonal font, probably C16." The entry for this church in Craig Thornber [https://www.thornber.net/derbyshire/htmlfiles/brailsford.html] [accessed 15 February 2025] notes: "The font is 15th century and its base has a Tudor rose"; this same source describes the object in the churchyard as "the remains of a Saxon Cross of the 11th century."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.968506, -1.636803
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 58′ 6.62″ N, 1° 38′ 12.49″ W
UTM: 30U 591549 5869637

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907