East Drayton

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15457DRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century / 19th century, Medieval? / Modern?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_East_Drayton
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km W of Dunham-on-Trent
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox (1912): "Large plain octagonal font." Not mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979). The Southwell Churches site [http://southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/east-drayton/hfitting.php] [accessed 13 October 2009] notes: "Octagonal font on octagonal column on two-tiered octagonal base", but does not have a date for it.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 78 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 14 October 2009]