Caistor St. Edmund / Caster St. Edmond / Castor St. Edmund / Castre

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4

Scene Description: on the right, Matthew's angel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/caistorstedmund/caistorstedmund.htm] [accessed 20 July 2009]

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angel - cherub - 8

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/caistorstedmund/caistorstedmund.htm] [accessed 20 July 2009]

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animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/caistorstedmund/caistorstedmund.htm] [accessed 20 July 2009]

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coat of arms - 3 chalices

coat of arms - 3 crowns

design element - architectural - buttress - 4

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/caistorstedmund/caistorstedmund.htm] [accessed 20 July 2009]

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design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 32

Scene Description: Four quatrefoils aligned horizontaly on each side of the octagonal plinth

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/caistorstedmund/caistorstedmund.htm] [accessed 20 July 2009]

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inscription

Scene Description: with the name of the donor guild

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/caistorstedmund/caistorstedmund.htm] [accessed 20 July 2009]

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symbol - shield - emblem - Christ - the instruments of the Passion

symbol - shield - emblem - Trinity

Scene Description: on the left side; on the right is the symbol for John

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/caistorstedmund/caistorstedmund.htm] [accessed 20 July 2009]

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symbol - shield - emblem - cross

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/caistorstedmund/caistorstedmund.htm] [accessed 20 July 2009]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/caistorstedmund/caistorstedmund.htm] [accessed 20 July 2009]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 16 April 1977 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/C/Caistor St Edmund's church from SE [5763] 1977-04-16.jpg] [accessed 28 May 2014]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the font at the west end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/caistorstedmund/caistorstedmund.htm] [accessed 20 July 2009]

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view of font - east side

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 11 September 1974 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/C/Caistor St Edmund's church font east side [5419] 1974-09-11.jpg] [accessed 28 May 2014]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: in the nave, looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/caistorstedmund/caistorstedmund.htm] [accessed 20 July 2009]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03213CAI

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Edmund

Church Patron Saints: St. Edmund the Martyr [aka Edmund of East Anglia]

Church Location: Norwich Road, Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk, NR14 8QN

Country Name: England

Location: Norfolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located just S of Norwich down the A140 (dir. Ipswich)

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich

Historical Region: Hundred of East Flegg

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave

Date: ca. 1402-1419?

Century and Period: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular

Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / Evangelists' font / heraldic font

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, ow www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of this font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are two entries for Caister [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TG5112/caister/] [accessed 28 May 2014], neither of which mentions a church or cleric in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The town was divided into 2 parishes, Castor Trinity, and Castor St. Edmund. [...] Caster St. Edmund Is a rectory [...] The church has a nave, south isle and chancel covered with lead, and a square tower with 3 bells." The earliest dated reference to this church in Blomefield (ibid.) is in relation to the presentation of its first recorded rector: "1303, Martin de Rye, presented by Sir Hugh Bardolf." The church may however existed well before that date. The present font here is noted in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 as "a font exhibiting very curious sculpture". Cox & Harvey (1907): "At Ca[i]stor near Norwich, the font has this inscription round the base -- Orate p' fratribus et sororibus ac benef'toribus gilde sci iohis baptiste de castre". Described and illustrated in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Given by Richard de Caistor while he was vicar of St. Stephen, Norwich, between 1402 and 1419. Octagonal with four lions against the stem, four demi-figures of angels and the signs of the four Evangelists against the bowl. The angels hold shields with the emblem of the Trinity, the Instruments of the Passion, and three crowns and three chalices. Eight angel heads against the underside. The plinth has quatrefoils to each facet and a black-letter inscription referring to the Guild of St. John Baptist at Caistor." Noted and illustrated in Knott (2007)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.582626, 1.294163

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 34′ 57.46″ N, 1° 17′ 38.99″ E

UTM: 31U 384424 5827209

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Notes: refers to the Guild of St. John the Baptist at Caistor, likely donors of the font.

Inscription Location: On the base/plinth

Inscription Text: "Orate p' fratribus et sororibus ac benef' toribus gilde sci iohis baptiste de castre"

Inscription Source: Cox & Harvey (1907)

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal low moulded dome; painted and gilded

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-07-20 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999