Eriswell
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15662ERI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17641166
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter? / St. Lawrence? [cf. Font Notes]
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Mildenhall
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Font Notes:
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Parker (1855) writes: "The fine is a fine octagonal specimen", but gives the name of the church as St. Peter. [NB: there appears to be a transference of dedication from the old abandoned church of St. Peter to that of St. Lawrence]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]