South Elmham St. Nicholas
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17952ELM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: [cf. FontNotes]
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the grounds of Moat Hall Barn; now in South Elmham All Saints
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Norwich at the time]
Historical Region: Hundred of Wangfor
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the church itself was in ruins in the 16th century and has now completely disappeared)
Font Notes:
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Suckling (1846-1848) writes: "The church of St. Nicholas, which has long been ruinated, was taxed at nine marks" [in the Norwich Domesday] [...] "probable that the church of St. Nicholas fell into decay and desuetude about [1554]".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 392690 5805809
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=116015] [accessed 5 March 2012]