Westley nr. Bury St. Edmunds
INFORMATION
FontID: 05669WES
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Hill Rd, Westley, Bury Saint Edmunds IP33 3TH, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Loacted near Bury St Edmunds, to the W, in Suffolk
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Bond (1908): "At Westley, Essex, in 1297, there was a 'baptisterium ligneum fluens in arrea per stipam,' i.e., a wooden tub discharging by a bunghole on to the pavement."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.248,
0,67
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 14′ 52.8″ N,
0° 40′ 12″ E
UTM: 31U 340941 5791180
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
wood
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Drainage Notes: "bunghole discharging on to the pavement"
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908