Foston nr. Downham Market / Fodderston / Fodesthorp / Fodeston / Foston Gap

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18602FOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Lost medieval village -- Foston and its church were located near the crossing of the A113 [Lynn Rd.] with Runcton Rd., NNE of Downham Market, in what is now called Fodderston or Foston Gap
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Ely]
Historical Region: Hundred and half of Clackclose
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the disappeared church here)
Font Notes:
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "There are now only 2 or 3 cottages, or houses, standing of this village, on the London road to Lynn, called Foston-Gap: in Domesday Book, it is wrote Fodeston and Fodesthorp. The chief lordship was in the church of Ely. [...] Here was formerly a church, but now no remains of it; it was a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter [...] In 1312, John Aleyn instituted, presented by the prior, &c. of Ely."

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 327241 5836734
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.65301, 0.445945
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 39′ 10.84″ N, 0° 26′ 45.4″ E

REFERENCES

  • Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 7: 364-365 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78364] [accessed 15 August 2013]