Eyam No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 09920EYA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence [known also as St. Helen's]
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located just N of the A623, 9-10 km N of Bakewell, 20 km WSW of Sheffield
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Font Notes:
Kelly's Directory of 1932 notes, besides "the plain circular font, lined with lead" and probably Norman, "another ancient font, supposed to be that used during the plague", which had also been moved into the church. [source: Transcription by Rosemary Lockie © 2004, in www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Eyam/Eyam.html]. Bunting (2001) writes: "Eyam's Saxon font, hewn of local gritstone, was rescued late last century after serving as a garden ornament" [source: transcription of Bunting's article in www.genuki.org.uk] [NB: Bunting mentions also "a later Norman font" at this church -- cf. Index entry for Eaym No. 1 for the Norman font -- to be followed up/completed]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, gritstone

REFERENCES

Bunting, Julie, "Take a a look at: fonts", 14 May 2001, The Peak Advertiser, 2001, pp. pl. & p. 7; p. 7