Flixton nr. Bungay / Flixtuna

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view of font - west side

Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken in 2007 by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/flixtonm.htm] [accessed 1 March 2012]
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view of font - east side

Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken in 2007 by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/flixtonm.htm] [accessed 1 March 2012]
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view of church exterior - northwest view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2007 by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/flixtonm.htm] [accessed 1 March 2012]
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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2007 by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/flixtonm.htm] [accessed 1 March 2012]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the modern font at the west end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2007 by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/flixtonm.htm] [accessed 1 March 2012]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2007 by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/flixtonm.htm] [accessed 1 March 2012]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 17950FLI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: the old tower collapsed in 1835 and most of the old church was demolished; church was re-built during the late 19th century
Church Address: Flixton, Suffolk NR35 1NX, UK
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: [Not to be confused with another Flixton, near Blundeston]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Historical Region: Hundred of Wangford
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (from the original Anglo-Saxon church?)
Font Notes:
Thre are three entries for this Flixton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TM3187/flixton/] [accessed 7 March 2019]; two of the entries report a moiety of a church each, and church lands as well. Suckling (1846-18548) writes: "The Church at Flixton comprises a square tower, a nave with a north aisle, and a ruinated chancel. The tower is, by far, the most ancient portion of the edifice, being unquestionably of Anglo-Saxon construction. [...] t the old Saxon church, attached to the tower, was demolished [...] 1216-1272], and the present fabric constructed on its site." Suckling (ibid.) gives the first recorded vicar of this church as Thomas de Persore, in 1266, but does not mention a font in it. The present font is modern, of table-top design, the square basin raised on a broad central shaft and four angle colonnettes; sides carved with symbols and Latin inscription. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font(s) of this church].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of church and modern font

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 391268 5809893
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.42842, 1.400792
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 25′ 42.31″ N, 1° 24′ 2.85″ E

REFERENCES

  • Suckling, Alfred, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, with genealogical and architectural notices of its several towns and villages, London: John Weale [...], 1846-1848, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=75125] [accessed 1 March 2012]