Earl Sterndale

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09919EAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the rebuilt church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26402987
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B5053, 10 km SE of Buxton, in the Peak District
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Additional Comments: damaged font: shattered by German incendiary bomb in 1941-- repaired-restored in 1952 -- MUST USE
Font Notes:
Cox (1875-1877) notes that the church dedicated to St. Michael here is documented as a chapelry of Hartington during the reign of Edward VI [1547-1553], and a separate parish in Victoria's time [1837-1901]. Cox (ibid.) further notes, after a Mr. Rawlings, who visited the church on 16 June 1823, that the font is plain "and placed upon a square pillar". Noted in Pevsner (1978): "Font. Probably early C12". Bunting (2001): "Sadly, that [font] of Earl Stemdale [i.e., Sterndale] was shattered when the old church was wrecked by a German incendiary bomb in 1941, although skilful [sic] repair work restored it to the rebuilt church.". The 'Derby UK' web site [www.derbyshireuk.net/earlsterndale_church.html] describes the font as Saxon.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Bunting, Julie, "Take a a look at: fonts", 14 May 2001, The Peak Advertiser, 2001, pp. pl. & p. 7; p. 7
  • Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978, p. 203