Foxearth / Focsearde / Foxeyerde / Foxheme / Foxherde / Foxherht / Foxherthe / Foxhierd / Foxhirde / Foxhole / Foxhorn / Foxzerd

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16741FOX

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Date: ca. 1350?

Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul

Church Address: The Street, Foxearth, Essex, CO107JE

Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located 5 km from Sudbury, 11 km from Halstead, near the county border with Suffolk

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford

Additional Comments: disappeared font?

Font Notes: Click to view

The British Listed Buildings website [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-411358-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-foxearth] [aqccessed 30 June 2010] notes: "Font C19 octagonal carved stone on octagonal stem. Cover carved and crocketed timber spire with pelican on nest". This modern font is probably from one of the two renovations the original mid-14th century church underwent in the 19th century [NB: we have no information on the fate of the medieval font]

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UTM: 31U 340601 5771654