Witnesham
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01892WIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Witnesham Church Ln, Ipswich IP6 9JD, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1473 251630
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6-7 km NE of Ipswich
Font Notes:
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Noted in Parker (1855): "Font, good P[erpendicular]; an octagon, with panelled bowl." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 375545 5775212
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.113426, 1.182448
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 6′ 48.34″ N, 1° 10′ 56.81″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
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]