Wolferton / Wolverton / Wolfreton
Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
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Results: 6 records
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2006 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/wolferton/wolferton.htm] [accessed 8 September 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 16
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2006 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/wolferton/wolferton.htm] [accessed 8 September 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2006 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/wolferton/wolferton.htm] [accessed 8 September 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Of the late 13c and early 14c. Above the chancel arch is a painting of Our Lord in Glory with adoring angels"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Goerge Plunkett, 2013
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 16 June 1996 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/W/Wolferton St Peter's church from SE [7337] 1996-06-16.jpg] [accessed 10 December 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 December 2013][www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/wolferton/wolferton.htm] [accessed
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - looking east - ceiling
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Tiebeams on arched braces up to the collar beams. Mural painting over chancel arch"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2013
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 16 June 1996 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/W/Wolferton St Peter's church nave roof [7338] 1996-06-16.jpg] [accessed 10 December 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission from Jonathan Plunkett
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15266WOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century [re-cut?], Medieval [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Wolferton, Sandringham, Norfolk PE31 6HD
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km W of Sandringham, 13 km NNE of King's Lynn
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Freebridge
Additional Comments: restored font? -- destroyed font? (was the font of the ca.1300 destroyed in the fire?)
Font Notes:
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Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "This town is not named in the book of Domesday, being a hamlet to the town of Babingley. [...] The Church is dedicated to St. Peter, and is a rectory", names "John de Gislyngham" as first recorded rector in 1300, and adds: "On November 22, 1486, the Bishop granted license to the inhabitants, to collect the alms of good people, in the city and diocese of Norwich, for the rebuilding their parish church, lately burnt by a sudden fire." White's Directory of 1845 informs that the church here "was built in 1487, after the old one had been burnt down". The present font is described without date in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Octagonal, big, with two blank arched panels to each side." Illustrated in Knott (2006). The font consists of an octagonal basin raised on an octagonal pedestal stem and a two-step plinth, the last two made of blocks; the basin appears to be the only original part, and it shows evidence of much repair; the underbowl is moulded and may have been re-cut. The wooden font cover has openwork and many crocketed pinnacles; appears 19th-century.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photograph of the font in this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 328441 5856147
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.827744, 0.453525
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 49′ 39.88″ N, 0° 27′ 12.69″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood, oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 9: 195-196 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78524] [accessed 10 December 2013]
- Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999, p. 784
- White, William, History, gazetteer, and directory of Norfolk and the city and County of the city of Norwich [...], Sheffield: Robert Leader, 1845, [www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/wolferton/white1845.shtml] [accessed 8 September 2009]