Mayfield nr. Stafford
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12246MAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1514
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early), Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Mayfield
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: ca. 1125 Norman church replaced an earlier Anglo-Saxon building; modified 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19thC
Church Address: Church Lane, Mayfield, Ashbourne DE6 2JR, UK
Site Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B5032, SW of Ashbourne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner (1974)?? complete bib ref ??) as an octagonal baptismal font of 1514. [noted in www.thornber.net] The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK1542344752] notes: "Parish Church. Late C12 core extended and remodelled in early C14, west tower added 1515, north aisle rebuilt 1854 [...] Stone font dated 1514, octagonal base, octagonal moulded pedestal, octagonal bowl".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Staffordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975 c1974, [to be completed]