Fay / Fayin

INFORMATION

FontID: 03149FAY
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale
Church Location: 80200 Fay, France
Country Name: France
Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: The site for this Fay is located off (W) the D164, N of the D1029 -- only vestiges remain of the destroyed church in the original site, near Belloy-en-Santerre, 48 km E of Amiens
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: atelier de Villers-Carbonnel [Enlart]
Church Notes: The entry for Fay in Par monts et par forts [https://parmontsetparforts.fr/2023/05/15/fay/] [accessed 20 March 2025] informs that the church and the whole village were destroyed in WWI; rebuilt on a new nearby site
Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 13th century square mounted font from the atelier de Villers-Carbonnel of Somme.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 486308 5526018

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902