Hethel / Hathella / Hayele / Hethell / Hethella / Hethill / Hethwold

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view of church exterior - southwest view
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the font and cover at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2006 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hethel/hethel.htm] [accessed 6 August 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 15091HET
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Church Lane, Hethel, Norfolk, NR14 8HE
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 7 km ESE of Wymondham, 16 km S of Norwich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Humble-Yard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century / 19th century, Medieval? / Victorian?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of this church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Blomfield (1805-1810) writes: Hethill "belonged to Olf, one of the Confessor's thanes [...] The church had then 30 acres of glebe, and belonged to the manor" [NB: Blomfield refers to the only survey source, the Domesday Books, especifically here to folio 121, which reads: "Hethella tenuit Olfus [...] et i. ecclesia xxx. acr."]. "The church of Hayele or Hethill, is dedicated to all the Saints, and had an image of all the saints, and a gild kept before it, of the same dedication. The rector had a house and 50 acres of glebe, when Norwich Domesday was made [...] the church is 33 feet long, and 22 broad; and the chancel 26 feet long and 13 broad; the nave and north isle are leaded, and the north porch tiled; the steeple is square, about 56 feet high, and hath only one bell." Blomefield (ibid.) names "Arnald Lupi de Tillyo, an Italian, was presented by the King", the first recorded rector here in 1312. Blomefield (ibid.) mentions the font in this church twice, but they are both indirect references related to grevestones near it, without description of the vessel itself. A font is illustrated in context in Knott (2006), octagonal and plain except for a moulded underbowl; it is whitewashed and, from its general appearance alone, could be either late-medieval or a Victorian replacement; it has a wooden octagonal cover on it. [NB: the church may date back to Anglo-Saxon times, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.558026,
1.204223
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 33′ 28.9″ N,
1° 12′ 15.2″ E
UTM: 31U 378263 5824621
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: 2009-08-06 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.