Thetford No. 18 / Deodford / Tedford / Tefford / Tetford / Theford / Sitomagus

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18369THE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Helen [demolished]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: [cf. FontNotes]
Historical Region: Burgh of Thetford -- partly in Suffolk
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "This church stood on an hill at the extremity of the bounds of Thetford, as we go to Santon, it being near two miles from Thetford town [...] when it was demolished, I cannot learn." Blomefield (ibid.) points out that the "Ecclesia, Sancte Elene" was recorded during Edward the Confessor's reign [i.e., 1042-1066] and in the Domesday Survey [1086]. [NB: we have no information on the font from that church].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 346281 5809044

REFERENCES

  • Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 2: 59-76 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78031] [accessed 11 March 2013]