Hereford No. 3 / Herefordie

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07013HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: [private house?]
Font Location in Church: [not in a church]
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: In the garden of a private home, on Central Avenue, Hereford [ca. 1991]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Historical Region: Hundred of Cutestornes [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: recycled font? now serving as garden ornament in a private home?
Font Notes:
An object believed to be a baptismal font of the Norman period was reported in 1991 in the back garden of a private house on Central Avenue, Hereford [source: Historic Herefordshire On-Line, SMR Database - ref. SO 5100 3900 / HWCM 05452] [NB: unable to trace the DB entry using the codes given]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone