Herringswell / Hadrinwell / Haryngwelle / Herenswell / Herkingswell / Hernigawalla / Herynggeswell / Hyrningwella

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01854HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Ethelbert
Font Location in Church: [destroyed in 1869]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ethelbert [aka Æthelberht]
Church Address: The St, Herringswell, Bury Saint Edmunds IP28 6ST, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1638 660729
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km S of Mildenhall
Additional Comments: destroyed font MUST USE [Knott has photo of new font in context]
Font Notes:
Described in Parker (1855): "The font is N[orman], with a representation of the serpent beguiling Eve". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The Herringswell Parish Council website [http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HerringswellPC/Church/] [accessed 5 November 2009] informs : "The font was probably of a much earlier date, possibly Norman. Its cylindrical bowl, which sprang from a fluted column, was carved with a representation of Adam and Eve in Paradise with Tree of Life and the Serpent in relief. This was destroyed by fire in 1869." The present font, octagonal and decorated with mouldings, is probably the replacement from the reconstruction of the church soon after the fire.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 330784 5797395
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.3008, 0.518248
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 18′ 2.88″ N, 0° 31′ 5.69″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 220
  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]