Coston / Corston / Coson

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 January 2008 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/671942] [accessed 18 March 2013]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Photo caption: "Late 13thc'

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 9 June 1994 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/C/Coston St Michael's church from SE [7137] 1994-06-19.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 January 2008 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/671950] [accessed 18 March 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the font at the west end of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2012 by Ashley Dace [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3064962] [accessed 18 March 2013]

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view of font

Scene Description: the re-tooling and repairs are visible on the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken12 August 2011 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2574025] [accessed 18 March 2013]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15018COS

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael the Archangel [redundant]

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: Church Lane, Coston, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 4DT

Country Name: England

Location: Norfolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located 2 km NE of Hardingham, 6-7 km NNE of Hingham, 8 W of Wymondham

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich

Historical Region: Hundred of Forehoe [aka Forehou]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end

Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photograph of this church taken by his father, George Plunkett, in 1994

Church Notes: the church has been redundant since the 1970s, and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel [...] The church and chancel are leaded, the south porch tiled; there is a square tower and one bell". A font here is noted in Pevsner & Wislon (1999) simply as "Perp[endicular], octagonal". Illustrated in Knott (2006). The font consists of a plain octagonal basin with a flat underbowl, raised on a plain octagonal stem and lower base; on a narrow plinth. Only the basin appears old, and it has been repaired and re-tooled.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.614483, 1.044936

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 36′ 52.14″ N, 1° 2′ 41.77″ E

UTM: 31U 367636 5831181

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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: 2009-07-22 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999