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INFORMATION

FontID: 11911BAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret

Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]

Country Name: England

Location: Hertfordshire, East

Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman

Workshop/Group/Artisan: William Butterfield

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1977) as a baptismal font "by Butterfield" [NB: William Buttefield (1814-1900), pioneer of High Victorian Gothic revival architecture, was responsible for the restoration of St. Margaret's -- Pevsner & Cherry (ibid.) note that the tower is 12th-century, with a typical Norman arch; we have no information on the original font of this church]

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Hertfordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1977