Rickinghall Superior / Superior Rickinghall

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15565RIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Rickinghall_Superior
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Rickinghall Inferior, 10-11 km SW of Diss
Font Notes:
Not mentioned in Parker (1855), who notes the font in nearby Rickinghall Inferior as early Decorated. Knott (2008) remarks: "The font is later than that of Rickinghall Inferior, but traceried in a similar way."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]