Flempton
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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brokentaco, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 November 2006 by Brokentaco [http://www.flickr.com/photos/brokentaco/265212156/] [accessed 11 November 2009]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 November 2006 by Brokentaco [http://www.flickr.com/photos/brokentaco/265212156/] [accessed 11 November 2009]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01868FLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Address: 1 Bury Rd, Flempton, Bury Saint Edmunds IP28 6EJ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1284 753984
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A1101, 8 km NW of Bury St Edmunds, 10 km SE of Mildenhall
Font Notes:
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Noted in Parker (1855) as a font of the Decorated period. The National Gazetteer of 1868 remarks: "The pulpit and font are curious specimens of antique workmanship". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as one in a very large group of baptismal fonts that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins. The underbowl is moulded, as is the octagonal pedestal base. The wooden font is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 340300 5796733
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.2977, 0.658
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 17′ 51.72″ N, 0° 39′ 28.8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868, [transcribed in http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/Flempton/index.html [accessed 11 November 2009]]
- 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]
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 32