Kedleston / Chetelestune

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11567KED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1700?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints, Kedleston
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Notes: medieval church first mentioned 1198-1199; demolished 1759
Church Address: Kedleston, Derby DE22 5JH, United Kingdom
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located W of the A6, about 7 km NW of Derby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Historical Region: Hundred of Litchurch [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Kedleston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK3041/kedleston/] [accessed 22 June 2025]; it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Noted in Pevsner (1978): "font baluster-shaped on four scrolly feet" of ca. 1700.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978, p. 254