St. Erth / Lannudhno

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B01: symbol - cross - saltire - 8

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Steve Beazley, 2003
Image Source: photograph taken [2003?] by Steve Beazley [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cornwallpics/sterth/pages/Font.htm] [accessed 16 November 2009]
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view of font

Scene Description: only the basin is original
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Steve Beazley, 2003
Image Source: photograph taken [2003?] by Steve Beazley [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cornwallpics/sterth/pages/Font.htm] [accessed 16 November 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15720ERT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Erth
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ercius [aka Erc, Ercus, Erth]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located S of Phillack, E of Ludgvan
Additional Comments: missing base
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox (1912): "Squared bowl of font, found under floor in 1874, is Norm[an], base shafts modern." The square basin has pairs of saltires on each side; raised on a modern base consisting of a brad central shaft and four outer colonnettes; on a sqaure lower base, also modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Steve Beazley, of RootsWeb.com, for the photograph of this font

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 100