Langford nr. Brandon / Langafordham
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design element - motifs - tracery - varied
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2010 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2038428] [accessed 2 May 2012]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2010 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2038423] [accessed 2 May 2012]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2010 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2038406] [accessed 2 May 2012]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the font at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/langford/langford.htm] [accessed 10 August 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 15112LAN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew [disused]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: [cf. Directions to site]
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 12 km NNE of Brandon, 13 km S of Swaffham [NB: the church is inside the STANTA military battle training area, with restricted access requiring permission from the Ministry of Defence]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photograph of this church
Church Notes: NB: the church is inside a military training area evacuated in 1942 and still used by the military; special permission from the MoD may be required to visit the site
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The church of Langford is dedicated to St. Andrew, and stands near to the manor-house, on the west side of it, and is an ancient fabrick of flint, as appears from the old Gothick arch over the south door, and from the arch that divides the church from the chancel; it is a single building, covered with tiles, as the chancel is, which is camerated and plaistered; at the west end is a square tower embattled, in which hangs one bell." Blomfield (ibid.) names "John de Boyton" first recorded rector, in 1311. The present font is noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Font. Octagonal, big, with good C14 tracery motifs." The font is noted and illustrated in the context of the disused church in Knott (2004). It consists of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with varied quatrefoil tracery motifs, raised on an octagonal pedestal base.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.535887,
0.70826
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 32′ 9.19″ N,
0° 42′ 29.74″ E
UTM: 31U 344567 5823112
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: 2009-08-10 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999
