Sutton nr. Biggleswade / Sudtone / Sutton nr. Sandy / Suttone

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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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

Font ID: 07399BED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (early?), Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Church Road, Sutton near Sandy and Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG19 2ND
Site Location: Bedfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the earlier church here?)
Font Notes:
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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photograph of this church

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 690264 5777212
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.112667, -0.221265
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 6′ 45.6″ N, 0° 13′ 16.55″ W

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-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 186