Edgefield / Edesfeld / Edisfelda [Domesday] / Edisfelde / Edisfield / Edithsfeld / Egefeld / Eggefeld

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Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006

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Results: 11 records

design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches - 16

the arches can still be discerned on the sides despite the poor state of the old basin
Scene Description: the arches can still be discerned on the sides despite the poor state of the old basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph May 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/edgefield/edgefield.htm] [accessed 23 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of basin

the original basin re-used in the new church
Scene Description: the original basin re-used in the new church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph May 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/edgefield/edgefield.htm] [accessed 23 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - south view - detail

one of the few parts of the walls standing
Scene Description: one of the few parts of the walls standing
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph May 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/edgefieldold/edgefieldold.htm] [accessed 23 January 2014]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

the new church has the tower attached to the north side of the east end -- Photo caption: "The rebuilt church, moved to its present site by the rector, Rev Walter Marcon, using much of the old materials. J D Sedding the architect"
Scene Description: the new church has the tower attached to the north side of the east end -- Photo caption: "The rebuilt church, moved to its present site by the rector, Rev Walter Marcon, using much of the old materials. J D Sedding the architect"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2014
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 8 February 1997 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/E/Edgefield Ss Peter and Paul from SE [7425] 1997-02-08.jpg] [accessed 23 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church exterior - tower - east view

Photo caption: "Except for the octagonal tower and south porch, the church was pulled down in 1883 and a new church erected in a more central part of the parish"
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Except for the octagonal tower and south porch, the church was pulled down in 1883 and a new church erected in a more central part of the parish"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2014
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 24 July 1980 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/E/Edgefield Ss Peter and Paul tower ruin N [6121] 1980-07-24.jpg] [accessed 23 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church exterior - tower - northeast view

the outline of the west side of the nave on this side of the tower
Scene Description: the outline of the west side of the nave on this side of the tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph May 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/edgefieldold/edgefieldold.htm] [accessed 23 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - tower - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2014
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 24 July 1980 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/E/Edgefield Ss Peter and Paul tower ruin S [6120] 1980-07-24.jpg] [accessed 23 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church interior - nave - looking east

the new church showing the 16th-century chancel screen from the old church, re-cycled here
Scene Description: the new church showing the 16th-century chancel screen from the old church, re-cycled here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph May 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/edgefield/edgefield.htm] [accessed 23 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - looking northeast

the new church -- Photo caption: "The screen is dated 1526"
Scene Description: the new church -- Photo caption: "The screen is dated 1526"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2014
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 8 February 1997 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/E/Edgefield Ss Peter and Paul interior NE [7426] 1997-02-08.jpg] [accessed 23 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church interior - nave - looking west

the new church -- the old restored font is located in the north aisle, to the right, and is partially visible behind the pillar of the north arcade
Scene Description: the new church -- the old restored font is located in the north aisle, to the right, and is partially visible behind the pillar of the north arcade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph May 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/edgefield/edgefield.htm] [accessed 23 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover

the old font re-used in the new church; much restored; only the basin is original
Scene Description: the old font re-used in the new church; much restored; only the basin is original
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph May 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/edgefield/edgefield.htm] [accessed 23 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 01679EDG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul [new church -- originally from the old church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: Sweetbriar Lane, Edgefield, Norfolk, NR24 2AF [the new church]
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located on the B1149, 5 km S of Holt, 20 km ENE of Fakenham
Ecclesiastic Region: Docese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Holt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the N aisle (new church)
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [restored] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: octagonal-tower church [one of six in Norfolk?]
Font Notes:
There are two entries for Edgefield [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TG0934/edgefield/] [accessed 23 January 2014], but neither mentions a church or cleric in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul [...] The church is a rectory [...] The steeple is octangular, the church has two isles, andt [t]wo porches leaded, the chancel is tiled", and names "Richard, priest of Egefeld, presented by William, son of Peter de Edisfeld" as first recorded rector, in 1154. Cox & Harvey (1907) list 'Sedgefield', Norfolk, as having a noteworthy baptismal font of the Norman period [NB: there is no 'Sedgefield' found in Norfolk; did C&H mean 'Edgefield'?]. Pevsner & Wilson (1997) note: "Font. Octagonal, C13, of Purbeck marble, with the two familiar flat pointed arches". Described and illustrated in Knott (2006): "The font is a purbeck marble arcaded one of the 13th century, reset rather over-dramatically on a polished marble collonade and a triple-deck pedestal." Only the octagonal basin remains of the original font; the rest, as indicated in Knott above, is modern; modern too is the flat octagonal font cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.864903, 1.108667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 51′ 53.65″ N,, 1° 6′ 31.2″ E
UTM: 31U 372682 5858918

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-06-19 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997