Rockland All Saints No. 1 / Rockland Minor / Lesser Rockland
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view of basin
Scene Description: standing on its side, at the back; note also the portable font inside
view of font in context
Scene Description: standing on its side, at the back; note also the portable font inside
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph January 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/rocklandallsaints/rocklandallsaints.htm] [accessed 14 April 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph January 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/rocklandallsaints/rocklandallsaints.htm] [accessed 14 April 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph January 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/rocklandallsaints/rocklandallsaints.htm] [accessed 14 April 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12785ROC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, to the side of the pews
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Rocklands, Norfolk NR17 1TU
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B1077, 6 km W of Attleborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Shropham
Additional Comments: abandoned font / disused font
Font Notes:
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The Church of St. Andrew is noted in Armstrong (1781) and in Blomefield (1805-1810) after him, as one of three parishes in Rockland [aka Rockland Toft]: "This parish is sometimes called Rockland Minor, or the Lesser Rockland, in opposition to St. Andrew's parish, which is called Rockland Major, or the Greater Rockland. This church hath a square tower and three bells; the nave, south porch, and chancel, are thatched: there is no inscription in it, save one on a modern stone, for a Mr. Salter." There is no mention of a font in either of these two authors. A font in this church is noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "A square Norman bowl, damaged". Simon Knott, who visited the church in January 2006, notes that there are reports, including Pevsner's, that there had been a disused Norman basin at the time in this church. He found it and provides a photograph of it.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for the photographs of this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 360132 5821531
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.525902, 0.938243
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 31′ 33.25″ N, 0° 56′ 17.68″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one remaining
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
REFERENCES
- Armstrong, Mostyn John, History and antiquities of the County of Norfolk [...] containing [...], Norwich: printed by J. Crouse, for M. Booth, Bookseller, 1781, Hundred of Shropham entry, p. 127
- Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 1: / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=77140] [accessed 28 February 2013]
- Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999, p. 615