Alpheton

INFORMATION

FontID: 15668ALP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A143
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century [base only?] [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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