West Rudham / Rudeham

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2013

Image Source: B&W photograph taken by George Plunkett 30 September 1995

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

INFORMATION

FontID: 15245RUD
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter [redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: School Lane, West Rudham, Norfolk, PE31 8
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 3 km from East Rudeham, 13 km W of Fakenham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundreds of Gallow and Brothercross
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photograph of this church, taken by his father, George Plunkett, in 1995
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "Rudham, at the survey, included both East and West Rudham, being not at that time distinguished by the name of East and West, both which belonged to the Earl Warren, the capital lord. [...] The Church of West Rudham is dedicated to St. Peter, and was given by Hervey Belet to the priory of Coxford [...] The chapel of All-Saints, in the churchyard of St. Peter of WestRudham, is mentioned in 1493." Blomefield (1805-1810) further reports: "Mr. Godfrey, vicar of West Rudham, and Richard his son, were found to have been killed, in the iter of the King's judges, Ao. 14th Edward I." [i.e., 1286], and lists the next recorded vicar as "William de Rademelde [...] presented by the prior and convent of Cokesford", in 1305. The present font is noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Perp[endicular], octagonal, simple."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.815322, 0.698447
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 48′ 55.16″ N, 0° 41′ 54.41″ E
UTM: 31U 344895 5854209

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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999