Bracknell
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12274BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter with St. James, Bracknell
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. Fontnotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter with St. James
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the demolished church of St. James
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the junction of the A43 and A422, 13 km ESE of Banbury
Additional Comments: re-cycled font: trasnferred from the old church to the new
Font Notes:
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Noted in Mee (1945): "Norman font, brought here from the church of St James when it was pulled down a century ago".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945, [http://northamptoncastle.homeip.net/northampton/books/Arthur%20Mee.htm] [accessed 15 October 2006]