East Drayton

INFORMATION

FontID: 15457DRA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 5 km W of Dunham-on-Trent
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century / 19th century, Medieval? / Modern?
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