Eye nr. Leominster, Moreton and Ashton
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09759EYE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km N of Leominster
Additional Comments: recycled font: composite font: 13th-14th century basin on modern stem
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907: 201) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. III: 59): "Font: octagonal bowl with moulded under-edge, late 13th or early 14th-century, stem modern."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 201
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934, vol. III: p. 59