Wilton / Hockwold-cum-Wilton
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2008 by John Salmon [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/898451] [accessed 6 August 2009]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2008 by John Salmon [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/898451] [accessed 6 August 2009]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the font is partially visible at the west end, north side; there is a flower arrangement on the cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 June 2009 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/wilton/wilton.htm] [accessed 6 August 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 06006WIL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: Church Lane, Hockwold cum Wilton, Norfolk IP26 4LP
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located on the B1112 near (just N of) Lakenheath
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Grimeshoe [aka Gimeshou]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the end of the nave, N side
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photograph of this font in the context of the church interior
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes; "The Church of Wilton is dedicated to St. James; it has only a nave or body, with a chancel, built of flint and boulder, and covered with reed", and names 'Thomas de la Lee' as the first recorded rector, in 1299. A font in this church is listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as one in a very large group of baptismal fonts that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins [NB: it is not clear whether T-G meant to include two fonts (one at Hockwold and another at Wilton); the town is now Hockwold-cum-Wilton but maintains the two separate churches]. Wilton St. James' has one such font, with slightly tapering sides and much adamaged around the upper rim; the octagonal basin is raised on a pedestal, a splaying lower base and an octagonal plinth, all octagonal and plain. The wooden cover id octagonal and flat, with metal decorations and ring handle; appears modern. [NB: we have no information on the font at Hockwold St. Peter's, the other church in Hockwold-cum-Wilton; the church of St. Peter itself may date back to Anglo-Saxon times]. [NB: there is no mention of this font in Pevsner & Wilson (1999) under either entry]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.462661,
0.551827
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 27′ 45.58″ N,
0° 33′ 6.58″ E
UTM: 31U 333683 5815317
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-08-06 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928
