Barnham / Barhnahm nr. Bognor Regis

INFORMATION

FontID: 06040BAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Gregory

Church Patron Saints: St. Gregory the Great

Country Name: England

Location: Suffolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located 6-7 km S of Thetford, just E of the A134

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 13th century, Early English

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928