Retford / East Retford / Redforde / Redeford

Described and illustrated in Piercy (1828): "The most curious, if not the most ancient, piece of workmanship in the Church, is the font, which stands on the left hand immediately on entering the great south door; the pedestal as well as the sculptured ornaments are in good preservation, except one flower, which has been mutilated for some purpose or other; it stands three feet nine inches high; the pedestal is plain and neat, and on the other side of the body is the figure of a bishop (probably that of St. Swithin) holding a book to his breast. It is generally supposed to be work of the sixteenth century." Wooden cover of actagonal pyramidal shape, the sides carved and the arrises crocketed; floral finial. This font not mentioned in Cox (1912), who mentions a new font and cover in West Retford St. Michael's. No font mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979) entry for this church.