Earl Sterndale

INFORMATION

FontID: 09919EAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the B5053, 10 km SE of Buxton, in the Peak District
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Font Location in Church: Inside the rebuilt church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
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; r["References"]
Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978