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 Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526352
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:
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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]