Great Ringstead No. 1 / Great Ringsted / Rincteda / Ringstead Magna / Ringsted Magna
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: stem, lower base and plinth are modern, as is the cover [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2011 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2275678] [accessed 7 April 2014]
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2011 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2275678] [accessed 7 April 2014]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2011 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2275685] [accessed 7 April 2014]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Photo caption: ""The exterior over-restored and the north aisle added in 1865." (Pevsner)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2014
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 1 October 1995 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/R/Ringstead St Andrew's church from SE [7280] 1995-10-01.jpg] [accessed 7 April 2014]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
![the font is visible at the far [west] end](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140407016_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the font is visible at the far [west] end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2011 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2275674] [accessed 7 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2011 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2275667] [accessed 7 April 2014]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15157RIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Main Road, Ringstead, Norfolk, PE36 5JX
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A149, E of Hunstanton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Smethdon
Additional Comments: altered font? (the base is 19th-century) -- disappeared font? (the one from the pre-1241 church here)
Font Notes:
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[NB: there appears to be some confusion in reading some early sources on the two Ringsteads, Magna and Parva. Chambers (1829) writes of two parishes (St. Andrew and St. Peter) in Magna, but "nothing worhty of observation" in Parva, aka Barret Ringstead -- other sources identify St. Andrew's with Magna and St. Peter's with Parva]
There are five entries for Ringstead in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF7040/ringstead/] [accessed 7 April 2014], neither of which mention a church or cleric in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "Humphrey de Wyveleshoe, and Maud his wife, appear to have an interest herein, and in the 25th of Henry III. released to Geffrey de Mey, all their right in the advowson of the church of Ringsted St. Andrew", thereby documenting this church prior to 1241. The present font here is noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Octagonal C15 bowl on a C19 base." The basin is plain but has a graded underbowl. The lining of the basin is modern, as is the font cover [NB: cf. Index entry for Great Ringstead No. 2 and Ringstead Parva]
There are five entries for Ringstead in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF7040/ringstead/] [accessed 7 April 2014], neither of which mention a church or cleric in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "Humphrey de Wyveleshoe, and Maud his wife, appear to have an interest herein, and in the 25th of Henry III. released to Geffrey de Mey, all their right in the advowson of the church of Ringsted St. Andrew", thereby documenting this church prior to 1241. The present font here is noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Octagonal C15 bowl on a C19 base." The basin is plain but has a graded underbowl. The lining of the basin is modern, as is the font cover [NB: cf. Index entry for Great Ringstead No. 2 and Ringstead Parva]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 334370 5867863
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.934821, 0.535477
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 56′ 5.36″ N, 0° 32′ 7.72″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined [modern]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with moulded sides; metal ornamentation and ring handle
REFERENCES
- Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 10: 340-345 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78689] [accessed 7 April 2014]
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999, p. 614