Cookbury

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10506COO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Batist and the Seven Maccabees
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist and the Seven Maccabees
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A3072, about 25 km E of Bude
Font Notes:
Noted in Stabb (1908): "The font has a rectangular basin on square central shaft with four smaller shafts."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 70