Ringshall / Ringeshala / Ringheschalla / Ringheshalla
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches - 16
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David / Brokentaco, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 5 Janury 2009 by David / Brokentaco [https://flickr.com/photos/92024986@N00/3168999264] [accessed 2 June 2024]
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ringshall, St. Catherine's Church: Southern aspect"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 17 February 2019 by Michael Galick [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6062941] [accessed 2 June 2024]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ringshall, St. Catherine's Church: The nave from the chancel"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 17 February 2019 by Michael Galick [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6063005] [accessed 2 June 2024]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "13 century Purbeck font on Victorian pillars."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David / Brokentaco, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 5 Janury 2009 by David / Brokentaco [https://flickr.com/photos/92024986@N00/3168999264] [accessed 2 June 2024]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ringshall, St. Catherine's Church: The font"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 17 February 2019 by Michael Galick [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6063012] [accessed 2 June 2024]
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view of font and cover in context - east side
Scene Description: Source caption: "There is one of those 13th century Purbeck marble fonts more familar from the east of Suffolk, supported here on pretty Victorian pillars."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 17 November 2018 by Simon Knott in Suffols Churches [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ringshall.htm] [accessed 2 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 25532RIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Location: Ringshall, Stowmarket IP14 2HZ, United Kingdom
UK
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 4-5 km SSW of Stowmarket, 5-6 km W of Needham Market, about 20 km NW of Ipswich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Historical Region: Hundred of Bosmere [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 13th century, Transitional [altered]
Font Notes:
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There are four entries for Ringshall [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TM0452/ringshall/] [accessed 2 June 2024]; the entry for the lond of Count Robert of Mortain reports "0.1 churches" in it; the entry for the land of Roger Bigot reports "0.5 churches. 0.12 church lands" in it; the entry for the land of William of Auberville reports "0.5 churches. 0.1 church lands" in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TM0428952894] notes: "Parish church. Medieval [...] C13 font with octagonal bowl splayed and arcaded, and circular stem; the 8 outer shafts renewed in C19." The entry for this church in Suffols Churches [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ringshall.htm] [accessed 2 June 2024] notes and illustrates the font in it: "There is one of those 13th century Purbeck marble fonts more familar from the east of Suffolk, supported here on pretty Victorian pillars." Listed in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.1364, 0.9833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 8′ 11.04″ N, 0° 58′ 59.88″ E
UTM: 31U 361981 5778127
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2024-06-02 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Leach, Rosemary, A Investigation into the use of Purbeck Marble in Medieval England, Hartlepool: E.W. Harrisons & Sons, 1975