Norwich No. 29 / Norwic

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09425NOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Swithin [redundant since 1881]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church? [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Swithun [aka Swithin]
Church Notes: redundant since 1881; back in service 1883; redundant again; used as Evangelical hall; redundant in 1951; furniture warehouse; Ars Centre as of 1980
Church Address: St Benedict’s Street, Norwich
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on St. Benedict's St.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Font Notes:
There are ten entries for Norwich [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TG2308/norwich/] [accessed 13 October 2020], one of which records "22.7 churches. 2.57 church lands" in it; a separate entry records a priest and a church in it. Noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1997): "Font. Octagonal. Against the stem four lions, against the bowl four lions and four demi-figures of angels."

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 384122 5832667
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.6316, 1.2878
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 37′ 53.76″ N, 1° 17′ 16.08″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997, p. 253