Peak Forest
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15676PEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Chapel of St. Charles, King and Martyr
Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel, at the W end, beneath the gallery
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26619489
Church Patron Saint(s): [the dedication appears not to be confirmed, although the name of the church includes the King's name]
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the Peak district, half-way between Tideswell and Chapel-en-le-Frith (6 km SE); 8 km NE from Buxton
Font Notes:
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Cox (1875-1877) notes: "This chapelry was not only extra-parochial, but also extra-episcopal, and was, in fact, subject to no external jurisdiction whatever"; in this chapel, "at the west end, under the gallery, is an octagon font of good but plain desiign".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877