Creeting St. Mary

INFORMATION

FontID: 12583CRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 2.5 km NNE of Needham-Market
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
Noted in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 as a baptismal font made of Caen stone. Parker (1855) describes it as a good octagonal font of the Perpendicular period.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Caen 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