Croxton All Saints No. 2 / Crokestun / Crokestuna

INFORMATION

FontID: 18371CRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: The Street, Croxton, Norfolk IP24 1LL
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A11, E of te A34, 3 km N of Thetford, about halfway between Cambridge (SW) and Norwich (NE)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norfolk
Historical Region: Hundred of Grimeshoe [aka Grimeshou]
Font Location in Church: reported at the W end of the nave ca. 1800
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is dedicated to All-Saints; it is built of flint stone and boulder, and consists of a nave or body, to which is annexed a south isle, with good roofs of oak, covered with lead, and is in length about 38 feet, and in breadth, including the said isle, about 28 feet. [...] At the west end of the nave stands a very large font, with a capacious bason, supported by five pilasters of stone; the larger our fonts are, the greater is their antiquity, being made thus on account of immersion, which was in practice in the Saxon times". Blomefield (ibid.) names the first recorded rector of this church, "Simon Peche", in 1316.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.445309, 0.755973
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 26′ 43.11″ N, 0° 45′ 21.5″ E
UTM: 31U 347490 5812937

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810