Raydon
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15614RAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: The Street, Raydon, Suffolk, IP7 5LW
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B1070, 4 km SSE of Hadleigh, between Holton and Layham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Parker (1855) mentions a modern font in this otherwise late-medieval church. Knott (1999?) writes: "Mortlock thought that the font also dated from this time [i.e., medieval], but this seems unlikely, I think. The rest of the work is so well done, and in keeping with the Decorated style, but this is a bog-standard font in the style of earlier in the century. Indeed, the church guide is probably right in placing it as contemporary with its 18th century font cover - they look made for each other." [NB: we have no information on the earlier font]. Knott (ibid.) mentions a holy-water stoup in the porch but gives no date for it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 361766 5763732
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th-century?
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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]