Ramsholt

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B01: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - pointed or cusped quatrefoil - 4

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B02: design element - motifs - floral - rose - Tudor rose - in a quatrefoil - 4?

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02496RAM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Woodbridge IP12 3AE, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1394 412052
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located just a few miles E of Ipswich, off the B1083 Woodbridge to Bawdsey road. Ignore the church sign, park at the Ramsholt Arms -"one of Suffolk's finest pubs"- and walk about half a mile across the marshes to All Saints. "You'll be glad you did." (S. Knott)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the doorway into the tower
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Noted in Parker (1855) as an octagonal font "with quatrefoils and shields". Noted and illustrated in Knott (2007?). Octagonal basin of very regular proportions; the pedestal base is narrower at the top, splaying slightly to meet the lower base/plinth which is also octagonal; the sides of the basin have blank shields and floral motifs inscribed in pointed quatrefoils.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.0292, 1.36157
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 1′ 45.12″ N, 1° 21′ 41.65″ E
UTM: 31U 387598 5765553

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855