Eriswell

INFORMATION

FontID: 15662ERI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter? / St. Lawrence? [cf. FontNotes]
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Mildenhall
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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