Farndon nr. Chester

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14407FAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1662?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid?), Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Chad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km S of the city of Chester
Additional Comments: disappeared?
Font Notes:
Noted in http://www.roydenhistory.co.uk/farndon/history/earlymodern/civilwar/civilwar.htm [accessed 2 April 2009] : "At the height of the fighting in 1643, the medieval font was badly damaged and was later repaired by Samuel Woolley of Churton. However, the font you see today is more probably the one installed by the churchwardens in 1662 and first used in 1664. The plain octagonal design is typical of that period." [NB: we have no other information on the repaired medieval font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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