Thelnetham

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view of font and cover

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 15 September 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/thelnetham.html] [accessed 3 November 2009]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 September 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/thelnetham.html] [accessed 3 November 2009]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 15643THE

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas

Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra

Country Name: England

Location: Suffolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located 10 km W of Diss

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end

Century and Period: 14th century [basin only?] [composite font], Medieval [composite]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for the photograph of this font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Not mentioned in Parker (1855). The Antiquary (June 15, 1872, p. 145) reports the recent restoration of this church, restoration which included that of the ancient font as well. Illustrated in Knott (2008). The plain-sided octagonal basin may be the only part of the medieval font; mounted on a plain stem, moulded lower base and plinth, all of them octagonal as well. The wooden cover has an octagonal platform on which a Latin cross on steps; modern.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-11-03 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.