Taddington No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 09923TAD

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Country Name: England

Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Inside the temple

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, near the S door

Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular

Cognate Fonts: the font at Chelmorton

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Ciox (1887), with some of its measurements, as similar to the font at Chelmorton. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period in this church [cf. Index entry for Taddington No. 1 for a Norman font in the same church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*

Basin Depth: 27.5 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1887)]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907