South Normanton / Normentune

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design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 6

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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design element - motifs - trefoil

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symbol - star - 6-point

Scene Description: or a mullet [cf. Font notes]

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view of church exterior - north view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mike Bardill, 2006

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JThomas, 2010

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11600NOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Church Street, South Normanton, Derbyshire DE55 2BS
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km E of Alfreton, about 12 km SW of Mansfield
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Historical Region: Hundred of Scarsdale [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Church Notes: original church probably early 12thC; re-built 19thC
There is an entry for [South] Normanton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK4456/south-normanton/] [accessed 14 July 2015], but it mentions niethr cleric nor church in it. Cox (1875) writes: "The font in use (at the time of our visit) is close to the south entrance, and is a pedestal contrivance of comparatively modern date. The fine old font, though not in use, and filled with rubbish, is happily still preserved, and has found a resting-place inside the church at the east end of the north aisle. It is of an octagonal shape, and stands on a similar base. The height of the whole is three feet six inches, and it is two feet four inches in diameter across the top. On one face is carved in bold relief a six-pointed star or mullet, on a second a trefoil, and on the remaining six a quatrefoil. It has a handsome effective appearance, and belongs, we believe, to the Decorated style, of which there are comparatively few specimens." The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SK4422256961] (1966) reports a "C14 octagonal stone font with quartrefoils to each side of bowl and moulded stem" in it. Noted in Pevsner (1978): "Font. Probably C14. Octagonal, with simple tracery." [NB: the church was re-built in 1862, and the font that Cox saw in use must have been a new one added at the time; the old font must have been restored by the time of Pevsner's visit -- we have no information on the whereabouts of the later font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.107476, -1.342705
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 6′ 26.92″ N, 1° 20′ 33.74″ W
UTM: 30U 610941 5885510

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in feet/inches in Cox (1875) -- not specified whether diameter external or internal]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978