Alpheton
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15668ALP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [base only?] [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter_and_St_Paul_Church,_Alpheton
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A143
Additional Comments: composite font? [no font mentioned in Knott [Nov. 2009]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Parker (1855) as a plain octagonal font. The brief description of this church in http://www.lavenham.com/page18.html [accessed 5 November 2009] informs: "The oldest artefact in the church is the base of the font, which has been established as dating from the 13th century."
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]