Dunton nr. Fakenham / Docton / Dockton / Dontuna / Doughton / Dunton cum Doketon
Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
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Results: 4 records
R01:
design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2006 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/dunton/dunton.htm] [accessed 24 July 2009]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2006 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/dunton/dunton.htm] [accessed 24 July 2009]
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view of church interior - nave - west end
Scene Description: the font just east of the tower arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2006 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/dunton/dunton.htm] [accessed 24 July 2009]
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view of object
Scene Description: probably the base of a cross originally; notice the position of the heads and the lack of a basin well broad enough for a font [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2006 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/dunton/dunton.htm] [accessed 24 July 2009]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15025DUN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Dunton, Norfolk NR21 7PG
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 5 km W of Fakenham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundreds of Gallow and Brothercross
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century [basin only?] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of church and font
There is no mention of either church or priest in the 'Dontuna' entry in Domesday. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes that "the churches of Dunton cum Doketon, and Kettleston" were given to "the priory of Mirmounde in Upwell, in the isle of Ely" in King Henry II's time [i.e., 1154-1189], and names "Roger de Lekys" as the first recorded rector "presented to the church of Dokcton, with the vicarage of Dunton annexed", in 1305. The present font is illustrated in Knott (2006), who notes: "The lecterns (there are two of them) are unusual, because they appear to be set in the bases of preaching crosses - or are they old fonts? Very odd." [NB: these square bases cannot be fonts, as the ornamental heads at the corners are the right way up but the basin well is not present]. The actual font consists of a square basin with a broad and flat rim moulding, otherwise plain and with a flat underbowl; raised o a polygonal stem and an octagonal plinth. It is difficult to date the font, especially since the stem and plinth may be of a later date. [NB: we have no information on the font from the 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.837795,
0.788194
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 50′ 16.06″ N,
0° 47′ 17.5″ E
UTM: 31U 351019 5856519
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
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: 2009-07-24 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
