Eyam No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09920EYA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence [known also as St. Helen's]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Lawrence%27s_Church,_Eyam
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just N of the A623, 9-10 km N of Bakewell, 20 km WSW of Sheffield
Additional Comments: recycled font: used as garden ornament -- rescued and re-established inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
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