Friston nr. Saxmundham / Frisetuna
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view of basin?
Scene Description: seen here *rotated 180 degrees* is the lower base of the font in this church; this part is claimed to be the basin of the medieval font
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 20 July 2009 by Adrian Cable [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1436224] [accessed 16 January 2013]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2009 by Adrian Cable [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1436212] [accessed 16 January 2013]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2009 by Adrian Cable [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1436210] [accessed 16 January 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2009 by Adrian Cable [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1436226] [accessed 16 January 2013]
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view of font and cover in context
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2009 by Adrian Cable [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1436224] [accessed 16 January 2013]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15599FRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [aka St. Mary Magdalene?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Friston, Suffolk, IP17 1PX
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A1094, 5 km SE of Saxmundham, 6 km NW of Aldeburgh
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century [basin only?] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Parker (1855) as a plain octagonal font. Knott (2010) notes: "The 19th century font stands on an upturned medieval one as its pedestal, with a rather good early 20th century font cover."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.190148, 1.529788
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 11′ 24.53″ N, 1° 31′ 47.24″ E
UTM: 31U 399500 5783206
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square-to-octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: square-to-octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-10-27 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855