Fairfield nr. Buxton

INFORMATION

FontID: 15634FAI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter [originally from the old chapel
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 2 km NNE of Buxton
Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel, beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
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