Fairfield nr. Buxton
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15634FAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter [originally from the old chapel
Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel, beneath the W gallery
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26549270
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 2 km NNE of Buxton
Additional Comments: re-cycled font
Font Notes:
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Cox (1875-1877) describes the 19th-century chapel at Fairfield, and reports "a large plain octagon font under the gallery, which probably came from the old church" [NB: believed to have been a 13th-century chapel]. The Parish web pages [http://www.stpetersfairfield.co.uk/history.htm] [accessed 1 November 2009] note a font of the 13th century in this church.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877