Little Hereford

INFORMATION

FontID: 06790HER
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A456, about 12 km N of Leominster
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907: 201) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. III: 66): "Font: circular bowl of convex section with plain capping and circular base, 12th or 13th-century."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934