Etelfay / Estalfay / Estallefay / Estelliefi / Etaifay / Etaillefay / Etalfay / Etelefay / Etelliefay / Stallefay

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18152ETE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin, Etelfay
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: the church is chiefly of the 15thC, with a major restoration in the 19thC [www.cc-montdidier.com/communes/index.php?id=33] [accessed 5 August 2012]
Church Address: rue Grande-Rue, 80500 Etelfay, Somme, France
Site Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D135E, 4 km NE of Montdidier, 40 km SE of Amiens
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Historical Region: Pays de Parmentier, Picardie
Font Notes:
Roger et al. (1844) mention the baptistery [="chapelle des Fonts"] of this church in passing in the description of an ancient railing in it. A refernce to the remarkable railing appears also in the 'Description du Canton de Montdidier' by M. l'abbé Godart [reproduced in Association Comité Rotincia [http://rotincia.org/ressources/canton-montdidier/canton-montdidier-2-13.php] [accessed 5 August 2012]: "La grille des fonds baptismaux est d'un travail assez curieux. (Note de Mr Bourgeois, curé d'Ételfay)".

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 472593 5501098
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.661793, 2.620242
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 39′ 42.46″ N, 2° 37′ 12.87″ E

REFERENCES

  • Joanne, Adolphe Laurent, Itinéraire général de la France: La Normandie, Paris: Libraririe L. Hachette et Cie., 1867, entry#LXXXIV, p. 164