Sheringham St. Joseph
Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/sheringhamrc/sheringhamrc.htm] [accessed 2 July 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14919SHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 20th century (early?), Modern
Cognate Fonts: this is a 19th-century copy of the font at Little Walsingham
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Joseph (R.C.)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Joseph
Church Notes: there appears to have been no earlier church here
Church Address: 58 Cromer Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8RT
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Cromer Road
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of East Anglia (R.C.)
Additional Comments: replica font / copy font
Font Notes:
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Knott (2006) informs that the "apparently medieval font just inside the door is, in fact, a superb copy of the Little Walsingham seven sacraments font." [NB: a chapel occupied the present site of this church, but we have no information on its history]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for the photograph of this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 379913 5867091
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.