Hempstead St. Andrew, nr. Stalham / Hempstead with Eccles / Hempsteda
Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
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angel - cherub - 8
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hempstead/hempstead.htm] [accessed 23 June 2009]
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animal - mammal - lion - sejant-gardant - 4
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hempstead/hempstead.htm] [accessed 23 June 2009]
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design element - architectural - buttress - 4
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hempstead/hempstead.htm] [accessed 23 June 2009]
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design element - motifs - floral - rose - Tudor rose - 4
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hempstead/hempstead.htm] [accessed 23 June 2009]
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hempstead/hempstead.htm] [accessed 23 June 2009]
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symbol - shield - blank - 4
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hempstead/hempstead.htm] [accessed 23 June 2009]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Late 16c chancel, the remainder Perpendicular"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2014
Image Source: SE B&W photograph taken 28 November 1992 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/H/Hempstead St Andrew's church from SE [6950] 1992-11-28.jpg] [accessed 14 January 2014]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hempstead/hempstead.htm] [accessed 23 June 2009]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14886HEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Church Lane, Lessingham, Norfolk NR12 0SH
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 1-2 km E of Lessingham, 6 km ENE of Stalham, near Eccles, 13 km ENE of North Walsham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norfolk
Historical Region: Hundred of Happing
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of this church and font; we are also grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photograph of this church taken by his father, George Plunkett, 28 November 1992
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for "Hempsdteda" in the hundred of Happing in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TG4028/hempstead/] [accessed 14 January 2014], but it has mention of church or cleric in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Andrew [...] John de Snitterton occurs rector about 1290", and that there is valiuation dating to reign of Edward I [1272-1307], which appear to be the earliest dates related to this church. The present font is described in Pevsner & Wilson (1997): "Perp[endicular], Octagonal. Four lions against the base, four shields and four flowers against the bowl." Noted and illustrated in Knott (2005). The shields appear blank now; at the underbowl angles, angels displaying their wings, and a graded moulding below; besides the sedente lions there are buttresses at the angles of the octagonal-to-square pedestal base. On an octagonal plinth. The wooden cover is flat, octagonal and plain; appears modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.7996, 1.5637
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 47′ 58.56″ N, 1° 33′ 49.32″ E
UTM: 31U 403166 5850945
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-06-23 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997