Hopton nr East Harling
Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken April 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hopton.html] [accessed 2 November 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin
![the modern font [cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1091102008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken April 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hopton.html] [accessed 2 November 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin
![the modern font [cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1091102007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken April 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hopton.html] [accessed 2 November 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15637HOP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: High St, Diss IP22 2QY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1359 250239
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1111, 10 km S of East Harling, not to be mistaken with Hopton nr Yarmouth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Parker (1855) as an octagonal font of the Decorated period. The font illustrated in Knott (2008) is not the font noted in Parker. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TL9938779039] notes: "Parish Church. Late C13, C14 and later; interior restored 1879 [...] The seating, font and pulpit are all Victorian. "
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of the modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 358963 5804551
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.37305, 0.9282
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 22′ 22.98″ N, 0° 55′ 41.52″ E
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]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]