Farndon nr. Chester

INFORMATION

FontID: 14407FAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Chad
Church Patron Saints: St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located 13 km S of the city of Chester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1662?
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?), Restoration
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