Knettishall

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12894KNE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [moved to the Parish Church of St. Alban, Grove Walk, Lakenham]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105089860
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: [St. Alban is located on Grove Walk, Lakenham, in outer Norwich]
Additional Comments: damaged font
Font Notes:
Parker (1855) reports a very good octagonal font in this church. Noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1997) in their entry for Outer Norwich churches, this one, St. Alban's, on Grove Walk, Lakenham: "Font. From Knettishall in Suffolk. Octagonal, with tracery patterns on the bowl, much damaged." The font cover, informs Knott (2008) quoting Cautley (1982?), was moved to nearby Riddlesworth, Norfolk.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982, [cited in Knott (2008)]
  • Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
  • Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997, p. 328