Cookley

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INFORMATION
FontID: 11709COO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located just N of the B1117, near Walpole
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 as a "curiously sculptured" font. Described in Suckling (1946-1948): "octagular font of stone raised on a cylindrical shaft, apparently of earlier date. The eight sides of the basin are charged with shields and emblems, indicative of the Trinity, the sword of St. Peter, a saltire, a cross floriated, &c." Parker (1855) mentions the emblems of the Evangelists on the sides of the basin.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855
Suckling, Alfred, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, with genealogical and architectural notices of its several towns and villages, London: John Weale [...], 1846-1848