Thetford No. 3 / Deodford / Tedford / Tefford / Tetford / Theford / Sitomagus

INFORMATION

FontID: 15204THE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: King Street, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 1BL
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 20 km N of Bury St Edmunds
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Font Notes:
Martin (1779) reports: "The font is a plain octagon on a shaft"/ Blomefield (1805-1810) notes: "in the Confessor's time, it was appendant to the mother church [which means the church existed prior to the Conquest, between 1033 and 1066] [...] The present building is of freestone and black flint, and by the appearance of it does not seem to exceed the time of Edward III." Blomefield (ibid.) names 'William Newman, priest' as the first recorded rector of this church. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of this font]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.414835, 0.747748
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 24′ 53.41″ N, 0° 44′ 51.89″ E
UTM: 31U 346825 5809565

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Martin, Thomas, The History of the town of Thetford, in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, from the earliest accounts to the present time, London: Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1779