East Stoke nr. Farndon No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06847STO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Oswald
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Oswald%27s_Church,_East_Stoke
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Oswald of Nothumbria
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km SW of Farndon [NB: the church is located in the park of Stke Hall]
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period [NB: C&H list it under Hertfordshire; no "East Stoke" found in Herts.; Notts. has one]. Not mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979). Cox' later work of 1912 mentions only a modern font in this church.

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 202
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 203 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 20 October 2009]