Thetford No. 19 / Deodford / Tedford / Tefford / Tetford / Theford / Sitomagus

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18370THE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalen [later a hospital]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
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 original church here)
Font Notes:
A church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen is noted in Martin (1779), Blomefield (1805-1810) and in Taylor's Index Monasticus of 1821, a parish church before it was converted into an hospital"; it was afterwards united to St. Cuthbert's. The foundation of the original church is reported in the reign of Henry III, i.e., 1216-1272. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 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]
  • Martin, Thomas, The History of the town of Thetford, in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, from the earliest accounts to the present time, London: Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1779, p. 89
  • Taylor, Richard, Index monasticus ; or the abbeys and other monasteries, alien priories, friaries [...] in the Diocese of Norwich [...], London: Printed for the author by Richard and Arthur Taylor [...], 1821, p. 60