Hessenford
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10893HES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [originally from the old church of Hessenford]
Font Location in Church: [reported ca. 1925 in Looe, used as trough]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: recycled font: used ca. 1925 as a farm trough
Font Notes:
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Reported by Blight and editors of the Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries (1925) as originally the font bowl from old church, Hessenford, then used as a "granite trough at Looe".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
REFERENCES
- Blight, J.H. [& editors], "Granite Trough at Looe", 13, 8, Devon and Cornwall Notes & Queries, 1925, pp. 344 and plates; p. 345 and plates