Peak Forest

INFORMATION

FontID: 15676PEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. Charles, King and Martyr
Church Patron Saints: [the dedication appears not to be confirmed, although the name of the church includes the King's name]
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
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 Location in Church: Inside the chapel, at the W end, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: 17th century, Restoration
Font Notes:
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