Whatfield No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15692WHA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Font Location in Church: By the S doorway
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17542288
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km N of Hadleigh, 15 km NE of Subury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Font Notes:
Knott (2009) writes: "Perhaps the greatest treasure of the building is the elegant 13th Century holy water stoup by the south doorway. Did it come from here originally, I wonder?" [cf. Index entry for Whafield No. 1 for a plain font of the 14th century in this curch]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.