Brandon Parva / Brandim / Little Brandon

INFORMATION

FontID: 15002BRA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Brandon Parva, Norfolk, NR9 4DH
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NNW of Wymondham, 16 km W of Norwich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Forehoe [aka Forehou]
Century and Period: 11th - 14th century, Medieval
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is dedicated to All the Saints; when Norwich Domesday was wrote, the rector had a grange or barn, and 20 acres of land; and what is remarkable, there remains exact the same quantity at this day [...] The nave, chancel, and south porch are all leaded; the tower is square, having in it three bells". Blomefield (ibid.) names "Ernald de Hegham" as first recorded rector here, in 1301. A font in this church is illustrated in Knott (2006); the present font consists of a plain octagonal basin of vertical sides and graded underbowl chamfer, raised on an octagonal pedestal base with cusped arches or windows on the sides, and a moulded lower base, also octagonal. The whole font appears covered in white-wash, the stone too sharp to be anything else but a Victorian rendering of a typical 15th-century font. Two-step octagonal plinth. Thw wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern as well. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original Domesday-time church here]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 368804 5832693

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: 2009-07-16 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.