Croxton All Saints No. 2 / Crokestun / Crokestuna

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18371CRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: reported at the W end of the nave ca. 1800
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: The Street, Croxton, Norfolk IP24 1LL
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
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 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

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

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 2: 150-155 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78045] [accessed 11 March 2013]