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Stratton, Cornwall Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural Period: Norman]STRATTON.A very uncommon Normon Font, but so plain in design and execution as to render description almost unnecessary. The bowl is cup-shaped, with a single round mouldi [...]

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Places shown: Stratton; Cornwall; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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Little Billing, Northamptonshire. Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural Period: Norman]LITTLE BILLING.This jar-like and singular Font may be placed early in the Norman period; both irregular in shape and rude in workmanship, it is chiefly interesting for it [...]

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Places shown: Little Billing; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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Chalk, Kent Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

This pleasing specimen of a plain Norman Font is cut in Purbeck Marble, but now white-washed. It is 2ft. 5½in. high; 1ft. 6½in. across the top; the bowl is 12in. deep, lined with lead, and with a wa [...]

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Places shown: Chalk; Kent; England

Added: 2013-01-23

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Strubby, Lincolnshire Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural period: Decorated]STRUBBY.The design of the bowl of this Font was not unfrequent in the fourteenth century; it is octagonal, and every side is enriched with Decorated tracery, differing [...]

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Places shown: Strubby; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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King’s Cliff, Northamptonshire Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural Period: Early English]KING’S CLIFFIs a strong and massive Early English Font. The bowl is cupshaped, and supported on an octagonal shaft of nearly equal dimensions. It is ornamented w [...]

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Places shown: King’s Cliff; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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