Yoxford / Ilokesfore

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08783YOX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter, Yoxford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17546402
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: 4 Park Pl, Yoxford, Saxmundham IP17 3HN, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1728 667095
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the junction A12-A1120, about 40 km NNE of Ipswich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Historical Region: Hundred of Blything [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Yoxford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TM3968/yoxford/] [accessed 17 June 2025]; it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Font described in Parker (1855): "Font, an octagon, with panelled bowl and pedestal." Cox & Harvey (1907) note a wall-mounted holy-water stoup ornamented with a trefoil motif. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TM3943468982] notes: "Parish church. Medieval; north aisle added 1837; considerably restored 1868 and 1920 [...] Good early C15 octagonal font, carved panels, the stem with engaged shafts and panelling between."

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 398166 5791769
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.26686, 1.5077
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 16′ 0.7″ N, 1° 30′ 27.72″ E

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. 237
  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]