Debenham

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15544DEB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km E of Stowmarket
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Font Notes:
Parker (1855) reports a plain octagonal font in this church [NB: the tower of the church is said to date back to the 11th or 12th century, but we have no information on the earlier font of this churc]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]