Edale
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09934EDA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [from the old Parish Church, now demolished]
Font Location in Church: In the site of the old parish church, "beneath the open sky"
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q796625
Church Notes: The new church is dedicated to "the Holy and Undivided Trinity"
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the High Peak, 8-10 km NE of Chapel-en-le-Frith
Additional Comments: recycled font: now outside the site of the disappeared church, in the open
Font Notes:
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Bunting (2001: 7) writes: "Lovingly set with flowers but now beneath the open sky is the old font of Edale, left undisturbed whilst its church was demolished and replaced long ago."
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