Rickinghall Superior / Superior Rickinghall
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B01: design element - patterns - tracery - varied
INFORMATION
FontID: 15565RIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located near Rickinghall Inferior, 10-11 km SW of Diss
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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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]. Accessed: 2009-10-22 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855