Assington
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2009 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/assington.htm] [accessed 5 November 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 15669ASS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Edmund
Church Patron Saints: St. Edmund the Martyr [aka Edmund of East Anglia]
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SE of Sudbury
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for the photograph of the modern font
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font described in Parker (1855) as "an octagon, with panelled pedestal" is no longer there. The present font, probably introduced in the major renovation of this church in the 1860s, has shields and roses in quatrefoiled panels, roses on the underbowl, and clustered colonnettes on the stem. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the old font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-11-05 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855