Barnham / Barhnahm nr. Bognor Regis

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06040BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Gregory
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gregory the Great
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6-7 km S of Thetford, just E of the A134
Additional Comments: not yet in Knott (Nov 2009]
Font Notes:
Noted in Parker (1855): "Font, E[arly] E[nglish]; an octagon, with plain bowl". Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as one in a very large group of baptismal fonts that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 32