Fordham nr. Downham Market

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: George Plunkett noted: "Partly rebuilt in 1730. South aisle demolished but arcade visible."

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 31 October 1993 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/F/Fordham St Mary's church from SE [7092] 1993-10-31.jpg] [accessed 15 August 2013]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2009 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1449353] [accessed 15 August 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2009 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1449363] [accessed 15 August 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2009 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1449365] [accessed 15 August 2013]

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2009 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1449372] [accessed 15 August 2013]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15048FOR

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Fordham, Norfolk PE38 0HJ

Country Name: England

Location: Norfolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located on the Downham Market to Ely road [there is no village, just the church]

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

Century and Period: 13th - 15th century / 19th century?, Medieval? / Victorian?

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photograph of this church, taken by his father, George Plunkett, 31 October 1993

Church Notes: church redundant since 1991; now in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Blomefield (1805-1810) informs that 1286 there was a conveyance of "a moiety of the church of Fordham, belonging to him, to Robert de Benhale, and Robert to Hervey de Stanton [...] The old church was a small pile, and falling down in 1780, is rebuilt. [...] the church was dedicated to St. Mary.. Wirmegey mediety was called the portion of John, who was rector in 1278." The font here is illustrated in context in Knott (2005). The stone font at the west end of the nave is octagonal, consisting of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides, a narrow chamfer at the underbowl; raised on a plain octagonal pedestal base, and a square lower base or plinth. The font is covered in yellow paint or wash. Not known whether medieval or a 19th-century replacement font.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.5706, 0.3839

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 34′ 11.16″ N, 0° 22′ 59.39″ E

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: 2009-07-29 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.