Southolt / Southold

No individual entry found for Southolt in the Domesday survey. Parker (1855) reports as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period here, octagonal, with the Evangelists' symbols on the sides of the basin. Cautley (1982) notes a simple 17th-century cover on this font. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TM1934168870] notes: "Redundant parish church. C15 nave and porch, late C18 chancel (a brick at east end scratch-dated 1771). Restored 1907 [...] C15 octagonal font, the bowl panels carved with the signs of the Evangelists and shield-bearing angels; lions and woodwoses against the stem. The carving has been partially renewed." Font and cover are noted and illustrated in Knott (2008): "fine 15th century font, similar to the one up the road at Worlingworth. It is topped by a 17th century font cover." The font is of the East Anglian type that has the symbols of the four Evangelists alternating with four other motifs on the sides of the basin, in this case, angels holding shields; on the upper level of the underbowl cherubs at the angles; below, the usual rosettes on the sides; the square stem has sedente lions at the angles and woodwooses at the sides; on an octagonal plinth. The wooden cover consists of an octagonal platform with a pyramid of the same shape topped with a cross finial.