Eardesland
INFORMATION
FontID: 14939EAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 8 km from Leominster
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
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J.S. Walker, in volume 5 of the 'Ilam Anastatic Drawing Society' (1864?) [http://www.archive.org/details/ilamanastasicdra05ilamuoft] [accessed 7 July 2009] reports: "The bowl of the ancient font now stands in a cottager's garden." A print of the church and its antiquities prior to the 1864 renovation by H. Curzon, including the font, now in the Sir Henry Dryden Collection, Northamptonshire.