Sutton nr. Biggleswade / Sudtone / Sutton nr. Sandy / Suttone
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 07399BED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Church Road, Sutton near Sandy and Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG19 2ND
Country Name: England
Location: Bedfordshire, East
Directions to Site: Located on the B1040, just S of Potton, 16 km ESE of Bedford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Biggleswade
Century and Period: 14th century (early?), Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photograph of this church
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 2, 1908) notes: "The first mention that has been found of the church of Sutton is in 1311", but notes that there are angles of the nave dating back to the 12th or 13th century. The VCH entry (ibid.) reports a font "at the west end of the north aisle is octagonal, with a quatrefoil stem, and approximately of the same date as the aisle", which it dates to the early-14th century.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.112667, -0.221265
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 6′ 45.6″ N, 0° 13′ 16.55″ W
UTM: 30U 690264 5777212
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-05-02 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907