Hamerton

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06861HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17544154
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 20 km SSW of Peterborough
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907: 203) as "a fine example of Perpendicular; the bowl is richly panelled, and the pedestal is raised on steps". Pevsner (1968) notes: "A big, ambitious Perp piece. Panelled stem, bowl with alternating patterns."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 203
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Bedfordshire and the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968, p. 259