Chester No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07452CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: recycled font: thrown away during the Commonwealth, recovered in the Restoration
Font Notes:
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One of "two fonts of note" recorded by Richards (1973) in this church, this one, "belonging to the fifteenth century, brought back to the church in 1662, when it was recovered from 'Mr. Bickerton's garden'". [cf. Index entry for Chester No. 5 for the 17th-century font also in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973, p. 105