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Paradoxplace Abbey and Cathedral Photo Page Links
Baptismal Fonts in Paradoxplace
Paradoxplace Medieval Christian Church Page Links
a work in progress
This type colour = places visited and photographed but not yet processed
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NORTHISH ENGLAND
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St-Bridget's Church, Bridekirk (Cumbria)
1100s Norman font in mint condition, including a self portrait of the sculptor at work
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East Yorkshire Churches with narrative sculptured Norman stone fonts
These village (in one case farm) churches of East Yorkshire contain the survivors of what were once around 50 Norman fonts in East Yorkshire, all carved by the same school of artists.
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St Mary, Kirkburn (East Yorkshire)
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St Mary, Cowlam (East Yorkshire)
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St Nicholas, North Grimston (East Yorkshire)
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St Peter, Langtoft (East Yorkshire) (the Cottam Font)
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St Peter, Thorpe Salvin (South Yorkshire)
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St Mary the Virgin, Thorpe Arnold (Leicestershire)
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CENTRALISH ENGLAND
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there is a very similar font a bit further north in St Lawrence, Thornton Curtis
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Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk
Saint Mary at Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, has a (stone) font with monthly labours (but no Zodiacs)
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St George, Anstey (Hertfordshire)
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All Saints, Harpole (Northamptonshire)
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Still to come - St Mary, Stottesdon (Shropshire)
photo © Tina Negus Stottesdon is only a 20 minute drive SE of Holdgate, but it somehow avoided being on the day's running sheet in 2012. Next time!
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Holy Trinity Church, Holdgate (Shropshire)
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(Priory) Church of Saint Gregory the Great, Morwell (Shropshire)
Norman Font c 1118
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Church of Saint Michael and All Angels, Castle Frome (Herefordshire)
Font c1170
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Church of St Mary Magdalene, Eardisley (Herefordshire)
Font c 1160
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The font illustrated on the cover is at Luppitt, Devon (see lower in page)
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The book is also available in Kilpeck church and Hereford Cathedral bookshop and no doubt other Herefordshire places.
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SS Peter & Paul, Rock (Worcestershire)
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Church of the Holy Cross, Ilam (Staffordshire Peak District)
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St John the Baptist, Armitage (Staffordshire)
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Norman lead font
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St Faith, Ovebury (Gloucestershire)
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Southrop St Peter, Gloucestershire Cotswolds
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St Peter, Hook Norton (Oxfordshire)
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SOUTHERNISH ENGLAND
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St-Augustine's Church, Brooklands (Kent)
1100s lead font with panels showing Zodiac signs and monthly activities.
If you are in Northern France, there is a close (but not identical) cousin at Saint-Évroult-de-Montfort (between Rouen and Le Mans).
Zodiac Signs and Monthly Activity illustrations in the Churches of Western Europe
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All Saints' Church, East Meon (Hampshire)
On these two panels of the c1150 Tournai marble font are (from the right) - the Creation of Adam, the De-ribbing of Eve, the Affair of the Serpent, the Casting Out (with sword) and the Rehabilitation - Eve learns how to spin and Adam is taught how to use a spade. The props are down to the next day's Harvest Festival service.
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Hospitaller Chapel of St Basil, Toller Fratrum (Dorset)
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St Mary the Virgin, Melbury Bubb (Dorset)
The font is the hollowed out base of an ancient preaching cross - Makes more sense when you stand on your head (far right)!
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St Mary Magdalene, Winterbourne Monkton (Wiltshire)
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St James, Avebury (Wiltshire)
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St Mary, Luppitt (Devon)
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and in Northern Italy -
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Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Alba, Piemonte
A rare example of a stunning and sympatico modern design in an older cathedral.
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