Tibenham / Tibbenham / Tibham

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design element - patterns - tracery
design element - patterns - tracery
INFORMATION
FontID: 15220TIB
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Church Road, Tibenham, Norfolk, NR16 1QB
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 9 km W of Long Stratton, 22 km SSW of Norwich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Depwade
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 and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The church here is dedicated to all the Saints, and hath a square tower and five large bells; the south porch, south isle, nave, and chancel are all leaded"; "Robert de Hegham" is given as the name of the first vicar recorded here, in 1310. The present font here is described in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Octagonal, with flat-curved motifs of Dec[orated] windows. The stem has shafts." Noted and illustrated in Knott (2006): "The traceried font sits on its collonade at the west end of the nave". The outer colonnettes of the base are round and detached from the main shaft, which is octagonal and decorated with tracery; on an octagonal lower base. Raised on a two-step plinth.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.4651,
1.14151
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 27′ 54.36″ N,
1° 8′ 29.44″ E
UTM: 31U 373746 5814394
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: 2009-09-01 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999