Quarndon / Quorndon

INFORMATION

FontID: 15515QUA
Church/Chapel: Old Church [partly demolished]
Church Location: the surviving Norman tower is on Old Vicarage Lane. The new church is located on Church Road, Quarndon, Derbyshire
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NNW of Derby, in Amber Valley
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Lewis (1848) notes: "The church is an ancient structure, with a campanile tower nearly covered with ivy, and a Norman arch at the entrance." A new church was built ca. 1870 on a different part of the civil parish, on the hill, and Kelly's Directory of 1881 describes the modern font in the new church: "the font is of Derbyshire spar, and was presented by the builders" [NB: the old Norman church, of which only its tower remains, was demolished at the time of the building of the new church on the hill; we have no information on the original font of the old church].

REFERENCES

Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, London: Kelly & Co., 1881
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1848-1849