Eye nr. Leominster, Moreton and Ashton

INFORMATION

FontID: 09759EYE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 5 km N of Leominster
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
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
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934