All Saints' Church Font, Bakewell, Derbyshire.
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greysman
N 53° 12.774 W 001° 40.739
30U E 588215 N 5896768
A C14th font in this large market town church.
Waymark Code: WMCDZA
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/27/2011
Views: 6
This font is in the baptistry, an area of the church just to the left inside the main south porch entrance of this large and impressive church on a rise to the west of Bakewell town centre. It is C14th in octagonal form and has eight images round it. Unusually itis of a bowl shape with no mounting column, it is set on a two-step circular base and is lead lined. There are eight images around it depicting, from the west, Our Lord in Glory, The Virgin Mary, St.Peter, St.Paul, A Bishop, A Priest, St John the Baptist, and St.John the Evangelist.
Approximate Age of Artefact: C14th
Relevant Website: Not listed
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